diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4903-cmdrunner-bugfix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4903-cmdrunner-bugfix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ed2ec9fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4903-cmdrunner-bugfix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - cmd_runner module utils - fix bug caused by using the ``command`` variable instead of ``self.command`` when looking for binary path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4903).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
index 6aec7b1a90..70187e68ed 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class CmdRunner(object):
             environ_update = {}
         self.environ_update = environ_update
 
-        self.command[0] = module.get_bin_path(command[0], opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
+        self.command[0] = module.get_bin_path(self.command[0], opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
 
         for mod_param_name, spec in iteritems(module.argument_spec):
             if mod_param_name not in self.arg_formats: