diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/fetchmissingdists b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/fetchmissingdists
index 586058272e7..a182ed517b7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/fetchmissingdists
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/fetchmissingdists
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fi
 if [ ! -z "$LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS" ]; then
 	# Copy local stuff first
 	env DISTRIBUTIONS="$LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS" \
-		BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE="file://$BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR" \
+		BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE="file://$BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR_ORIG" \
 		bsdinstall distfetch || \
 		error "Failed to fetch distribution from local media"
 fi