diff --git a/src/runtime/data/completions/bash/kata-runtime b/src/runtime/data/completions/bash/kata-runtime
index c293483d60..0b42c7997e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/data/completions/bash/kata-runtime
+++ b/src/runtime/data/completions/bash/kata-runtime
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ _kata_subcmd_needs_existing_container()
     for cmd in \
 	    'kata-check' \
 	    'kata-env' \
+	    'check' \
+	    'env' \
 	    'create' \
 	    'help' \
 	    'list' \