diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/patch.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/patch.py
index 535b9720f5b..f4ad7ce79a9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/patch.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/patch.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
             tmp_src = self._connection._shell.join_path(self._connection._shell.tmpdir, os.path.basename(src))
             self._transfer_file(src, tmp_src)
-            self._fixup_perms2((tmp_src,))
+            self._fixup_perms2((self._connection._shell.tmpdir, tmp_src))
 
             new_module_args = self._task.args.copy()
             new_module_args.update(
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
index a1c474ce6b2..000b2951f12 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 self._transfer_file(source, tmp_src)
 
                 # set file permissions, more permissive when the copy is done as a different user
-                self._fixup_perms2((tmp_src,), execute=True)
+                self._fixup_perms2((self._connection._shell.tmpdir, tmp_src), execute=True)
 
                 # add preparation steps to one ssh roundtrip executing the script
                 env_dict = dict()