diff --git a/completions/bash/multipass b/completions/bash/multipass
index a6c75fdd63b..de4d0dcd450 100644
--- a/completions/bash/multipass
+++ b/completions/bash/multipass
@@ -388,7 +388,12 @@ _multipass_complete()
     fi
 
     if [[ -n "${opts}" ]]; then
-        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
+        for word in "${COMP_WORDS[@]}"; do
+            if [[ " ${opts[@]} " =~ " $word " ]]; then
+                opts=("${opts[@]/$word}")
+            fi
+        done
+        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts[*]}" -- ${cur}) )
     fi
 
     return 0