diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5659-fix-lxc_container-command.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5659-fix-lxc_container-command.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..450d889808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5659-fix-lxc_container-command.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+ - lxc_container - fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5578).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py b/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py
index 7871f13972..9fe27b8d81 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ class LxcContainerManagement(object):
 
         false_values = BOOLEANS_FALSE.union([None, ''])
         result = dict(
-            (k, v)
+            (v, self.module.params[k])
             for k, v in variables.items()
             if self.module.params[k] not in false_values
         )