diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/piglit/piglit-traces.sh b/.gitlab-ci/piglit/piglit-traces.sh
index 326df1e1d75..3ad3070584b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/piglit/piglit-traces.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/piglit/piglit-traces.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ "$PIGLIT_REPLAY_SUBCOMMAND" = "profile" ]; then
       "$PIGLIT_REPLAY_DESCRIPTION_FILE"
 else
     # keep the images for the later upload
-    PIGLIT_REPLAY_EXTRA_ARGS="--keep-image ${PIGLIT_REPLAY_EXTRA_ARGS}"
+    export PIGLIT_REPLAY_EXTRA_ARGS="--keep-image ${PIGLIT_REPLAY_EXTRA_ARGS}"
 fi
 
 # WINE