diff --git a/snap/1185-runtime.patch b/snap/1185-runtime.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a256ed107b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap/1185-runtime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
+index a01a02dc5..a021a0a77 100644
+--- a/cli/main.go
++++ b/cli/main.go
+@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
+ 	var runtimeConfig oci.RuntimeConfig
+ 	var err error
+
++	katautils.SetConfigOptions(name, defaultRuntimeConfiguration, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
++
+ 	handleShowConfig(c)
+
+ 	if userWantsUsage(c) || (c.NArg() == 1 && (c.Args()[0] == checkCmd)) {
+@@ -302,8 +304,6 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
+ 		ignoreLogging = true
+ 	}
+
+-	katautils.SetConfigOptions(name, defaultRuntimeConfiguration, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
+-
+ 	configFile, runtimeConfig, err = katautils.LoadConfiguration(c.GlobalString(configFilePathOption), ignoreLogging, false)
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		fatal(err)
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index a9c7d21621..9dd170653a 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ parts:
     override-build: |
       pkg_name=runtime
       patch1="$(realpath ../../../snap/1162-runtime.patch)"
+      patch2="$(realpath ../../../snap/1185-runtime.patch)"
 
       # set GOPATH
       export GOPATH=$(realpath go)
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ parts:
 
       #Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/1162
       patch -p1 < "${patch1}"
+      #Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/1185
+      patch -p1 < "${patch2}"
 
       # build and install
       make \