diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/docker/core.py b/dev/archery/archery/docker/core.py
index ec422e9aaf280..5be4887ea4f63 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/docker/core.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/docker/core.py
@@ -383,10 +383,6 @@ def run(self, service_name, command=None, *, env=None, volumes=None,
                     args.append(f'--memory={memory}')
                     args.append(f'--memory-swap={memory}')
 
-            # get the actual docker image name instead of the compose service
-            # name which we refer as image in general
-            args.append(service['image'])
-
         if user is not None:
             args.extend(['-u', user])
 
@@ -399,6 +395,10 @@ def run(self, service_name, command=None, *, env=None, volumes=None,
                 args.extend(['--volume', volume])
 
         if use_docker:
+            # get the actual docker image name instead of the compose service
+            # name which we refer as image in general
+            args.append(service['image'])
+
             # add command from compose if it wasn't overridden
             if command is not None:
                 args.append(command)