diff --git a/src/init-ceph.in b/src/init-ceph.in
index b75f639a359..7fd433816c1 100644
--- a/src/init-ceph.in
+++ b/src/init-ceph.in
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ for name in $what; do
     cmd="$cmd -c $cur_conf"
 
     if echo $name | grep -q ^osd; then
-	get_conf osd_data "" "osd data"
+	get_conf osd_data "/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-$id" "osd data"
 	get_conf fs_path "$osd_data" "fs path"  # mount point defaults so osd data
         get_conf fs_devs "" "devs"
 	if [ -z "$fs_devs" ]; then