diff --git a/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions-cleanup.sh b/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions-cleanup.sh
index 56e5389e3e3..bf2e4670ec3 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions-cleanup.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend/functions-cleanup.sh
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ setup_geli_loading()
 
      # If we have a passphrase, set it up now
      if [ -e "${PARTDIR}-enc/${PART}-encpass" ] ; then
-       cat ${PARTDIR}-enc/${PART}-encpass | geli setkey -S -n 0 -p -k ${KEYFILE} -K ${KEYFILE} ${PART}
+       geli setkey -J ${PARTDIR}-enc/${PART}-encpass -n 0 -p -k ${KEYFILE} -K ${KEYFILE} ${PART}
        geli configure -b ${PART}
      fi