diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/coverage/combine.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/coverage/combine.py
index fdeac83855a..f9467a7d8c8 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/coverage/combine.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/coverage/combine.py
@@ -364,4 +364,4 @@ class CoverageCombineConfig(CoverageConfig):
         self.stub: bool = args.stub
 
         # only available to coverage combine
-        self.export: str = args.export if 'export' in args else False
+        self.export: str | None = args.export if 'export' in args else None