diff --git a/src/locale/localed-util.c b/src/locale/localed-util.c
index 3fe039a053..4cddfc32d9 100644
--- a/src/locale/localed-util.c
+++ b/src/locale/localed-util.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int vconsole_write_data(Context *c) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        r = write_vconsole_conf(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/vconsole.conf", l);
+        r = write_vconsole_conf(AT_FDCWD, etc_vconsole_conf(), l);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;