diff --git a/easyrsa3/easyrsa b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
index db6eb36..cef181e 100755
--- a/easyrsa3/easyrsa
+++ b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
@@ -831,7 +831,10 @@ $(display_dn x509 "$crt_in")
 Unable to revoke as no certificate was found. Certificate was expected
 at: $crt_in"
 
-	"$EASYRSA_OPENSSL" ca -utf8 -revoke "$crt_in" -config "$EASYRSA_SSL_CONF" || die "\
+	# make safessl-easyrsa.cnf
+	make_ssl_config
+
+	"$EASYRSA_OPENSSL" ca -utf8 -revoke "$crt_in" -config "$EASYRSA_SAFE_CONF" || die "\
 Failed to revoke certificate: revocation command failed."
 
 	notice "\