diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_pylint_diff.sh b/.github/workflows/check_pylint_diff.sh
index 2f78bbdf2e2..b53aae6eba0 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/check_pylint_diff.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_pylint_diff.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Number_of_issues ()
     cached="$1"
     {   cat "$cached" 2>/dev/null ||
         echo "$CHANGED_FILES" |
-            xargs "$PYLINT" $PYLINT_ARGS |
+            xargs "$PYLINT" "$PYLINT_ARGS" |
             tee "$cached"
     } | awk -F'[\\. ]' '/^Your code has been rated at /{ print $7 }' || true
 }