diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
index 9e9bdedff12..86b0c8d69be 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ let
 
     TempDir ${cfg.tempDir}
 
+    SetEnv PATH /var/lib/cups/path/lib/cups/filter:/var/lib/cups/path/bin
+
     # User and group used to run external programs, including
     # those that actually send the job to the printer.  Note that
     # Udev sets the group of printer devices to `lp', so we want
@@ -76,8 +78,6 @@ let
     '') cfg.listenAddresses}
     Listen /run/cups/cups.sock
 
-    SetEnv PATH /var/lib/cups/path/lib/cups/filter:/var/lib/cups/path/bin
-
     DefaultShared ${if cfg.defaultShared then "Yes" else "No"}
 
     Browsing ${if cfg.browsing then "Yes" else "No"}