diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py b/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py
index 83a95889..a04da3ee 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ def custom_prepare_params(self, params: dict) -> dict:
             params["label"] = ["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params["label"].items()]
         if params["env"]:
             params["env"] = ["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params["env"].items()]
+        if params["rootfs"]:
+            params["rootfs"] = params["image"]
+            params["image"] = None
         if params["sysctl"]:
             params["sysctl"] = ["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params["sysctl"].items()]
         if params["tmpfs"]: