diff --git a/easyrsa3/easyrsa b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
index 7fa85fa..c4fde5c 100755
--- a/easyrsa3/easyrsa
+++ b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
@@ -440,9 +440,9 @@ and initialize a fresh PKI here."
 		mkdir -p "$EASYRSA_PKI/$i" || die "Failed to create PKI file structure (permissions?)"
 	done
 	
-	if [ ! -f "$EASYRSA_PKI/openssl-easyrsa.cnf" -a -f "$EASYRSA/openssl-easyrsa.cnf" ];
+	if [ ! -f "$EASYRSA_SSL_CONF" -a -f "$EASYRSA/openssl-easyrsa.cnf" ];
 	then
-		cp "$EASYRSA/openssl-easyrsa.cnf" "$EASYRSA_PKI/openssl-easyrsa.cnf"
+		cp "$EASYRSA/openssl-easyrsa.cnf" "$EASYRSA_SSL_CONF"
 	fi
 
 	notice "\