diff --git a/src/cmd/src/frontend.rs b/src/cmd/src/frontend.rs
index 180140fa43..96d608c709 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/frontend.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/frontend.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ impl StartCommand {
             opts.mode = Mode::Distributed;
         }
 
-        opts.user_provider.clone_from(&self.user_provider);
+        if let Some(user_provider) = &self.user_provider {
+            opts.user_provider = Some(user_provider.clone());
+        }
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs b/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
index e0dd9d560e..f5cf3b02f6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
@@ -397,7 +397,9 @@ impl StartCommand {
             opts.influxdb.enable = self.influxdb_enable;
         }
 
-        opts.user_provider.clone_from(&self.user_provider);
+        if let Some(user_provider) = &self.user_provider {
+            opts.user_provider = Some(user_provider.clone());
+        }
 
         Ok(())
     }