diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/cloud_sync.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/cloud_sync.py
index 4dd73797bbf6..5ca4616c8b87 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/cloud_sync.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/cloud_sync.py
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ async def __aenter__(self):
             config["pass"] = rclone_encrypt_password(config["pass"])
 
         remote_path = None
-        extra_args = await self.provider.get_task_extra_args(self.cloud_sync)
+        extra_args = []
 
         if "attributes" in self.cloud_sync:
+            extra_args = await self.provider.get_task_extra_args(self.cloud_sync)
+
             config.update(dict(self.cloud_sync["attributes"], **await self.provider.get_task_extra(self.cloud_sync)))
             for k, v in list(config.items()):
                 if v is undefined: