diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py
index 7b2e263e401e..be4522299c5b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ def install_bootloader() -> None:
 
         if config('secureBoot', 'enable'):
             sbctl = os.path.join(str(config('secureBoot', 'sbctl')), 'bin', 'sbctl')
-            if not os.path.exists("/var/lib/sbctl") and config('secureBoot', 'autoGenerateKeys'):
+            if not os.path.exists("/var/lib/sbctl/keys") and config('secureBoot', 'autoGenerateKeys'):
                 print('auto generating keys')
                 try:
                     subprocess.run([sbctl, 'create-keys'])