diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd b/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd
index 3ab5d51cc..370eaa012 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ntpd_running(){
 }
 
 ntpd_build(){
-  cp $CONF- $CONF
+  [[ -f $CONF.orig ]] && cp $CONF.orig $CONF || cp $CONF $CONF.orig
   echo "# Generated entries follow:" >>$CONF
   echo "interface ignore wildcard" >>$CONF
   if check && [[ -n $BIND ]]; then