diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 70d959adacf..7db47faef7d 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -1497,8 +1497,7 @@ done
 echo -e "\n\t}\n}" >> ${CHEF_TMP_FILE}
 if [ "$TYPE" != "unknown" ]
 then
-	cp ${CHEF_TMP_FILE} /var/cache/cloud/cmd_line.json
-	mv ${CHEF_TMP_FILE} /etc/cloudstack/cmd_line.json
+	mv ${CHEF_TMP_FILE} /var/cache/cloud/cmd_line.json
 fi
 
 [ $ETH0_IP ] && LOCAL_ADDRS=$ETH0_IP