diff --git a/src/west/main.py b/src/west/main.py
index 8bde012..0cccedf 100755
--- a/src/west/main.py
+++ b/src/west/main.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
     except WestUpdated:
         # West has been automatically updated. Restart ourselves to run the
         # latest version, with the same arguments that we were given.
-        os.execv(sys.executable, [sys.executable] + sys.argv)
+        os.execv(sys.executable, [sys.executable] + argv)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         sys.exit(0)
     except CalledProcessError as cpe: