diff --git a/rune/libenclave/internal/runtime/pal/api_linux_v2.go b/rune/libenclave/internal/runtime/pal/api_linux_v2.go
index 9e7a65e65e94b2150aa2d0b5ba6d5d0fc8a544de..b0dab0563d939b8d6e395b1187fd23a848dbf3d7 100644
--- a/rune/libenclave/internal/runtime/pal/api_linux_v2.go
+++ b/rune/libenclave/internal/runtime/pal/api_linux_v2.go
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ func (pal *enclaveRuntimePalApiV2) exec(cmd []string, envs []string, stdio [3]*o
 
 	// Skip cmd[0] as used as the executable.
 	var exe *C.char
-	argc := len(cmd)
+	argc := len(cmd) + 1
 	pargs := make([]*C.char, argc)
 	exe = C.CString(cmd[0])
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(exe))
 	if argc > 1 {
-		cmd = cmd[1:]
 		for i, arg := range cmd {
 			logrus.Debugf("arg[%d]: %s", i, arg)
 			pargs[i] = C.CString(arg)