diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index e50dc607..0d1686a0 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -3153,10 +3153,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             }
             j++;
         }
+        if (configfile) server.configfile = getAbsolutePath(configfile);
         resetServerSaveParams();
         loadServerConfig(configfile,options);
         sdsfree(options);
-        if (configfile) server.configfile = getAbsolutePath(configfile);
     } else {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Warning: no config file specified, using the default config. In order to specify a config file use %s /path/to/%s.conf", argv[0], server.sentinel_mode ? "sentinel" : "redis");
     }