diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix b/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix
index a6657768e0612..7064ef64b4c8f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ in
     system.activationScripts = mkIf insertLdapPassword {
       ldap = stringAfter [ "etc" "groups" "users" ] ''
         if test -f "${cfg.bind.password}" ; then
-          echo "bindpw "$(cat ${cfg.bind.password})"" | cat ${ldapConfig} - > /etc/ldap.conf.bindpw
+          echo "bindpw "$(cat ${cfg.bind.password})"" | cat ${ldapConfig.source} - > /etc/ldap.conf.bindpw
           mv -fT /etc/ldap.conf.bindpw /etc/ldap.conf
           chmod 600 /etc/ldap.conf
         fi