diff --git a/localdump.sh b/localdump.sh
index dff44390f747ddd948e6e22f40ab73b58a0e3d03..c4e161f3609da8703b61a074e6ec6928b958a6c3 100755
--- a/localdump.sh
+++ b/localdump.sh
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
           BACKUP_BASEDIR="${backupsource}"
         else
           # just one test needed because BACKUP_BASEDIR is BACKUP_BASEDIR
-          test -d "${ARCHIVE_BASEDIR}/${parService}" && BACKUP_BASEDIR="${ARCHIVE_BASEDIR}/${parService}"
+          test -d "${ARCHIVE_BASEDIR}/${parService}" && BACKUP_BASEDIR="${ARCHIVE_BASEDIR}"
         fi
 
         if [ ! -d "${BACKUP_BASEDIR}/${parService}" ]; then