diff --git a/changelog/62032.fixed b/changelog/62032.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ceb3cc89b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/62032.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix attr=all handling in pkg.list_pkgs() (yum/zypper).
diff --git a/salt/modules/yumpkg.py b/salt/modules/yumpkg.py
index 3f855d255fb..c613d658660 100644
--- a/salt/modules/yumpkg.py
+++ b/salt/modules/yumpkg.py
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ def list_pkgs(versions_as_list=False, **kwargs):
         return {}
 
     attr = kwargs.get("attr")
-    if attr is not None:
+    if attr is not None and attr != "all":
         attr = salt.utils.args.split_input(attr)
 
     contextkey = "pkg.list_pkgs"
diff --git a/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py b/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py
index c5215100856..77f1e323676 100644
--- a/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py
+++ b/salt/modules/zypperpkg.py
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ def list_pkgs(versions_as_list=False, root=None, includes=None, **kwargs):
         return {}
 
     attr = kwargs.get("attr")
-    if attr is not None:
+    if attr is not None and attr != "all":
         attr = salt.utils.args.split_input(attr)
 
     includes = includes if includes else []