diff --git a/internal/command/apply.go b/internal/command/apply.go
index 8e7bb461d0..cd0b1e958a 100644
--- a/internal/command/apply.go
+++ b/internal/command/apply.go
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) OperationRequest(
 	opReq.Type = backendrun.OperationTypeApply
 	opReq.View = view.Operation()
 	opReq.StatePersistInterval = c.Meta.StatePersistInterval()
+	opReq.ActionTargets = args.ActionTargets
 
 	// EXPERIMENTAL: maybe enable deferred actions
 	if c.AllowExperimentalFeatures {
 		opReq.DeferralAllowed = args.DeferralAllowed
-		opReq.ActionTargets = args.ActionTargets
 	} else if args.DeferralAllowed {
 		// Belated flag parse error, since we don't know about experiments
 		// support at actual parse time.
@@ -288,15 +288,6 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) OperationRequest(
 			"The -allow-deferral flag is only valid in experimental builds of Terraform.",
 		))
 		return nil, diags
-	} else if len(args.ActionTargets) > 0 {
-		// Belated flag parse error, since we don't know about experiments
-		// support at actual parse time.
-		diags = diags.Append(tfdiags.Sourceless(
-			tfdiags.Error,
-			"Failed to parse command-line flags",
-			"The -invoke flag is only valid in experimental builds of Terraform.",
-		))
-		return nil, diags
 	}
 
 	var err error
diff --git a/internal/command/plan.go b/internal/command/plan.go
index 1c2affaa84..a6f0b14001 100644
--- a/internal/command/plan.go
+++ b/internal/command/plan.go
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ func (c *PlanCommand) OperationRequest(
 	opReq.ForceReplace = args.ForceReplace
 	opReq.Type = backendrun.OperationTypePlan
 	opReq.View = view.Operation()
+	opReq.ActionTargets = args.ActionTargets
 
 	// EXPERIMENTAL: maybe enable deferred actions
 	if c.AllowExperimentalFeatures {
 		opReq.DeferralAllowed = args.DeferralAllowed
-		opReq.ActionTargets = args.ActionTargets
 	} else if args.DeferralAllowed {
 		// Belated flag parse error, since we don't know about experiments
 		// support at actual parse time.
@@ -178,15 +178,6 @@ func (c *PlanCommand) OperationRequest(
 			"The -allow-deferral flag is only valid in experimental builds of Terraform.",
 		))
 		return nil, diags
-	} else if len(args.ActionTargets) > 0 {
-		// Belated flag parse error, since we don't know about experiments
-		// support at actual parse time.
-		diags = diags.Append(tfdiags.Sourceless(
-			tfdiags.Error,
-			"Failed to parse command-line flags",
-			"The -invoke flag is only valid in experimental builds of Terraform.",
-		))
-		return nil, diags
 	}
 
 	var err error