diff --git a/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/MySQL.py b/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/MySQL.py
index d9568ab731c..683d25f4251 100755
--- a/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/MySQL.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/MySQL.py
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ def _connect(self):
         return S_OK()
 
     @captureOptimizerTraces
-    def _query(self, cmd, *, conn=None, debug=True):
+    def _query(self, cmd, *, args=None, conn=None, debug=True):
         """
         execute MySQL query command
 
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ def _query(self, cmd, *, conn=None, debug=True):
 
         try:
             cursor = connection.cursor()
-            if cursor.execute(cmd):
+            if cursor.execute(cmd, args=args):
                 res = cursor.fetchall()
             else:
                 res = ()