diff --git a/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/src/twister_harness/device/hardware_adapter.py b/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/src/twister_harness/device/hardware_adapter.py
index 2289ffb04c4..344e527590f 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/src/twister_harness/device/hardware_adapter.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/src/twister_harness/device/hardware_adapter.py
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ class HardwareAdapter(DeviceAdapter):
                 extra_args.append("--cmd-pre-init")
                 extra_args.append(f'adapter serial {board_id}')
             elif runner == 'jlink':
-                base_args.append(f'--dev-id {board_id}')
+                base_args.append('--dev-id')
+                base_args.append(board_id)
             elif runner == 'stm32cubeprogrammer':
                 base_args.append(f'--tool-opt=sn={board_id}')
             elif runner == 'linkserver':
diff --git a/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/tests/device/hardware_adapter_test.py b/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/tests/device/hardware_adapter_test.py
index fc77d6e16ac..589124f7c22 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/tests/device/hardware_adapter_test.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/pytest-twister-harness/tests/device/hardware_adapter_test.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_if_get_command_returns_proper_string_6(patched_which, device: HardwareA
     assert isinstance(device.command, list)
     assert device.command == [
         'west', 'flash', '--skip-rebuild', '--build-dir', 'build', '--runner', 'jlink',
-        '--dev-id p_id'
+        '--dev-id', 'p_id'
     ]