diff --git a/release/air_tests/air_benchmarks/workloads/xgboost_benchmark.py b/release/air_tests/air_benchmarks/workloads/xgboost_benchmark.py
index 047e98276a69..a8eabb949ca5 100644
--- a/release/air_tests/air_benchmarks/workloads/xgboost_benchmark.py
+++ b/release/air_tests/air_benchmarks/workloads/xgboost_benchmark.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def exception(self):
                     self._exception = self._pconn.recv()
                 return self._exception
 
-        p = MyProcess(target=f, *args, **kwargs)
+        p = MyProcess(target=f, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
         start = time.monotonic()
         p.start()
         p.join()