diff --git a/src/initrd/nm-initrd-generator.c b/src/initrd/nm-initrd-generator.c
index 5ed284d5de..70f23e1774 100644
--- a/src/initrd/nm-initrd-generator.c
+++ b/src/initrd/nm-initrd-generator.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ output_conn (gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer user_data)
 		filename = nm_keyfile_utils_create_filename (basename, TRUE);
 		full_filename = g_build_filename (connections_dir, filename, NULL);
 
-		if (!nm_utils_file_set_contents (filename, data, len, 0600, &error))
+		if (!nm_utils_file_set_contents (full_filename, data, len, 0600, &error))
 			goto err_out;
 	} else
 		g_print ("\n*** Connection '%s' ***\n\n%s\n", basename, data);