diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S33hostapd b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S33hostapd
index b8d6759589..7bee37fb4c 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S33hostapd
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S33hostapd
@@ -14,14 +14,7 @@ link_watch_timeout=20
 
 test -f $watch_conf && source $watch_conf
 
-if ! [[ -f $conf ]]; then
-    if [[ -f $boot_conf ]]; then
-        cp $boot_conf $conf
-    elif [[ -f $sys_conf ]]; then
-        cp $sys_conf $conf
-    fi
-fi
-
+prepare_conf $conf $sys_conf $boot_conf
 test -f $conf || exit 0
 
 test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base