diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ImplicitRemotingCommands.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ImplicitRemotingCommands.cs
index 1631bb18762..f92aa919c46 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ImplicitRemotingCommands.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ImplicitRemotingCommands.cs
@@ -1300,13 +1300,23 @@ private ParameterMetadata RehydrateParameterMetadata(PSObject deserializedParame
                 parameterType);
         }
 
-        private static bool IsProxyForCmdlet(Dictionary<string, ParameterMetadata> parameters)
+        private bool IsProxyForCmdlet(Dictionary<string, ParameterMetadata> parameters)
         {
             // we are not sending CmdletBinding/DefaultParameterSet over the wire anymore
             // we need to infer IsProxyForCmdlet from presence of all common parameters
 
-            foreach (string commonParameterName in Cmdlet.CommonParameters)
+            // need to exclude `ProgressAction` which may not exist for downlevel platforms
+            bool isDownLevelRemote = Session.Runspace is RemoteRunspace remoteRunspace
+                && remoteRunspace.ServerVersion is not null
+                && remoteRunspace.ServerVersion <= new Version(7, 3);
+
+            foreach (string commonParameterName in CommonParameters)
             {
+                if (isDownLevelRemote && commonParameterName == "ProgressAction")
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (!parameters.ContainsKey(commonParameterName))
                 {
                     return false;
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/CompatiblePSEditions.Module.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/CompatiblePSEditions.Module.Tests.ps1
index a9c9b69b202..d4423b034b9 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/CompatiblePSEditions.Module.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/CompatiblePSEditions.Module.Tests.ps1
@@ -1532,4 +1532,15 @@ Describe "WinCompat importing should check availablity of built-in modules" -Tag
         $result[4] | Should -BeExactly 'ConvertFrom-String'
         $result[5] | Should -BeExactly 'CFS'
     }
+
+    It 'ErrorAction should be used for cmdlet' {
+        try {
+            $out = Invoke-Expression 'get-AppLockerFileInformation NoSuch.exe -ErrorAction Stop; "after"'
+        }
+        catch {
+            # do nothing as we expect an error, but execution should not continue
+        }
+
+        $out | Should -Not -Contain 'after'
+    }
 }