diff --git a/clearml/automation/controller.py b/clearml/automation/controller.py
index 64febaee..12424add 100644
--- a/clearml/automation/controller.py
+++ b/clearml/automation/controller.py
@@ -2944,7 +2944,8 @@ class PipelineDecorator(PipelineController):
                     kwargs[inspect_func.args[i]] = v
 
                 kwargs_artifacts.update(
-                    {k: walk_nested_dict_tuple_list(v, lambda x: x._remoteref())
+                    {k: walk_nested_dict_tuple_list(
+                        v, lambda x: x._remoteref() if isinstance(x, LazyEvalWrapper) else x)
                      for k, v in kwargs.items() if isinstance(v, LazyEvalWrapper)}
                 )
                 kwargs = {k: deepcopy(v) for k, v in kwargs.items() if not isinstance(v, LazyEvalWrapper)}