diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-internal.h b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-internal.h
index 5275216241..98df586596 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-internal.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-internal.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ gboolean _nm_keyfile_has_values (GKeyFile *keyfile);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+#define NM_KEYFILE_PATH_NAME_ETC_DEFAULT         NMCONFDIR "/system-connections"
 #define NM_KEYFILE_PATH_NAME_RUN                 NMRUNDIR "/system-connections"
 
 #define NM_KEYFILE_PATH_SUFFIX_NMCONNECTION      ".nmconnection"
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c b/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c
index d76102e500..98eecd7ca7 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/nms-keyfile-utils.c
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include "nm-keyfile-internal.h"
 #include "nm-setting-wired.h"
 #include "nm-setting-wireless.h"
 #include "nm-setting-wireless-security.h"
 #include "nm-config.h"
 
-#define NM_CONFIG_KEYFILE_PATH_DEFAULT NMCONFDIR "/system-connections"
-
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 gboolean
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ nms_keyfile_utils_get_path (void)
 		                                 NM_CONFIG_KEYFILE_KEY_KEYFILE_PATH,
 		                                 NM_CONFIG_GET_VALUE_STRIP | NM_CONFIG_GET_VALUE_NO_EMPTY);
 		if (!path)
-			path = g_strdup (""NM_CONFIG_KEYFILE_PATH_DEFAULT"");
+			path = g_strdup (""NM_KEYFILE_PATH_NAME_ETC_DEFAULT"");
 	}
 	return path;
 }