diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/profile/set/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/profile/set/root.go
index d24533a6..5562ccb3 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/profile/set/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/profile/set/root.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func init() {
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&SetComment, "comment", "", "Set a comment for this node")
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetContainer, "container", "C", "", "Set the container (VNFS) for this node")
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetKernel, "kernel", "K", "", "Set Kernel version for nodes")
-	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetKernel, "kernelargs", "A", "", "Set Kernel argument for nodes")
+	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetKernelArgs, "kernelargs", "A", "", "Set Kernel argument for nodes")
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetClusterName, "cluster", "c", "", "Set the node's cluster group")
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetIpxe, "ipxe", "P", "", "Set the node's iPXE template name")
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&SetInit, "init", "i", "", "Define the init process to boot the container")