diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/74613-actionfixup_perms2_macos_remote_paths_ensure_list.yml b/changelogs/fragments/74613-actionfixup_perms2_macos_remote_paths_ensure_list.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bee7c9cbdcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/74613-actionfixup_perms2_macos_remote_paths_ensure_list.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "remote tmpdir permissions - fix type error in macOS chmod ACL fallback (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74613)."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 12ce3b0b458..fab8689c1a2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         # pass that argument as the first element of remote_paths. So we end
         # up running `chmod +a [that argument] [file 1] [file 2] ...`
         try:
-            res = self._remote_chmod([chmod_acl_mode] + remote_paths, '+a')
+            res = self._remote_chmod([chmod_acl_mode] + list(remote_paths), '+a')
         except AnsibleAuthenticationFailure as e:
             # Solaris-based chmod will return 5 when it sees an invalid mode,
             # and +a is invalid there. Because it returns 5, which is the same