@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ type Daemon struct {

 	dockerdBinary              string

 	log                        logT

 	pidFile                    string

+	args                       []string

 	// swarm related field

 	swarmListenAddr string

@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) Cleanup(t testing.TB) {

 func (d *Daemon) Start(t testing.TB, args ...string) {

 	t.Helper()

 	if err := d.StartWithError(args...); err != nil {

-		t.Fatalf("[%s] failed to start daemon with arguments %v : %v", d.id, args, err)

+		t.Fatalf("[%s] failed to start daemon with arguments %v : %v", d.id, d.args, err)

 	}

 }

@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) StartWithLogFile(out *os.File, providedArgs ...string) error {

 		d.pidFile = filepath.Join(d.Folder, "docker.pid")

 	}

-	args := append(d.GlobalFlags,

+	d.args = append(d.GlobalFlags,

 		"--containerd", containerdSocket,

 		"--data-root", d.Root,

 		"--exec-root", d.execRoot,

@@ -261,19 +262,19 @@ func (d *Daemon) StartWithLogFile(out *os.File, providedArgs ...string) error {

 		"--containerd-plugins-namespace", d.id+"p",

 	)

 	if d.defaultCgroupNamespaceMode != "" {

-		args = append(args, []string{"--default-cgroupns-mode", d.defaultCgroupNamespaceMode}...)

+		d.args = append(d.args, []string{"--default-cgroupns-mode", d.defaultCgroupNamespaceMode}...)

 	}

 	if d.experimental {

-		args = append(args, "--experimental")

+		d.args = append(d.args, "--experimental")

 	}

 	if d.init {

-		args = append(args, "--init")

+		d.args = append(d.args, "--init")

 	}

 	if !(d.UseDefaultHost || d.UseDefaultTLSHost) {

-		args = append(args, []string{"--host", d.Sock()}...)

+		d.args = append(d.args, []string{"--host", d.Sock()}...)

 	}

 	if root := os.Getenv("DOCKER_REMAP_ROOT"); root != "" {

-		args = append(args, []string{"--userns-remap", root}...)

+		d.args = append(d.args, []string{"--userns-remap", root}...)

 	}

 	// If we don't explicitly set the log-level or debug flag(-D) then

@@ -289,14 +290,14 @@ func (d *Daemon) StartWithLogFile(out *os.File, providedArgs ...string) error {

 		}

 	}

 	if !foundLog {

-		args = append(args, "--debug")

+		d.args = append(d.args, "--debug")

 	}

 	if d.storageDriver != "" && !foundSd {

-		args = append(args, "--storage-driver", d.storageDriver)

+		d.args = append(d.args, "--storage-driver", d.storageDriver)

 	}

-	args = append(args, providedArgs...)

-	d.cmd = exec.Command(dockerdBinary, args...)

+	d.args = append(d.args, providedArgs...)

+	d.cmd = exec.Command(dockerdBinary, d.args...)

 	d.cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "DOCKER_SERVICE_PREFER_OFFLINE_IMAGE=1")

 	d.cmd.Stdout = out

 	d.cmd.Stderr = out