diff --git a/beets/util/confit.py b/beets/util/confit.py
index 9f3cd5cc7..b26fae4b1 100644
--- a/beets/util/confit.py
+++ b/beets/util/confit.py
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ class ConfigView(object):
         """
         self.overlay[key] = value
 
+    def add_args(self, namespace):
+        """Add parsed command-line arguments, generated by a library
+        like argparse or optparse, to this view's overlay.
+        """
+        args = {}
+        for key, value in namespace.__dict__.items():
+            if value is not None:  # Avoid unset options.
+                args[key] = value
+        self.overlay.update(args)
+
     # Magical conversions. These special methods make it possible to use
     # View objects somewhat transparently in certain circumstances. For
     # example, rather than using ``view.get(bool)``, it's possible to
@@ -482,17 +492,6 @@ class Configuration(RootView):
         for filename in self._filenames():
             self.sources.append(load_yaml(filename))
 
-    def add_args(self, namespace):
-        """Add parsed command-line arguments, generated by a library
-        like argparse or optparse, as an overlay to the configuration
-        sources.
-        """
-        arg_source = {}
-        for key, value in namespace.__dict__.items():
-            if value is not None:  # Avoid unset options.
-                arg_source[key] = value
-        self.sources.insert(0, arg_source)
-
     def config_dir(self):
         """Get the path to the directory containing the highest-priority
         user configuration. If no user configuration is present, create a