diff --git a/evergreen/bazel_evergreen_shutils.sh b/evergreen/bazel_evergreen_shutils.sh
index 3eabb03dfed..2a7e640fb2f 100644
--- a/evergreen/bazel_evergreen_shutils.sh
+++ b/evergreen/bazel_evergreen_shutils.sh
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ bazel_evergreen_shutils::retry_bazel_cmd() {
 
         # Run it.
         # NOTE: We *do not* add any redirections here; caller controls logging completely.
-        if eval "$cmd"; then
+        if eval $env "$cmd"; then
             RET=0
             break
         else