ADOP merge=yes fails for AD.8 patch and criticals

I have a 12.2.3 instance on AIX 7.1

I am trying to patch AD from AD.5 to AD.8 following the Doc ID 1617461.1 section 3.2.5

"UNIX:

$ adop phase=apply patches=21841299

Note: As per subsection 4.1 Critical AD Patches, you should also add any applicable AD patches as a comma-separated list of patches to this command. Ensure that you also add "merge=yes" to the end of your command, as shown here:

$ adop phase=apply patches=21841299,<Your First AD Patch>,<Your Second AD Patch Number> merge=yes

"

Thus I used:

adop phase=apply patches=21841299,24578455,24494551  merge=yes

adop failed with the following error -----------

AutoPatch error:

Current 'patchtop' command-line argument not same as original value.