diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/fs/FsRepository.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/fs/FsRepository.java
index 36cf55ed3f9..0aa62225479 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/fs/FsRepository.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/fs/FsRepository.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class FsRepository extends BlobStoreRepository {
     public FsRepository(RepositoryName name, RepositorySettings repositorySettings, IndexShardRepository indexShardRepository, Environment environment) throws IOException {
         super(name.getName(), repositorySettings, indexShardRepository);
         Path locationFile;
-        String location = REPOSITORIES_LOCATION_SETTING.get(settings);
+        String location = REPOSITORIES_LOCATION_SETTING.get(repositorySettings.settings());
         if (location.isEmpty()) {
             logger.warn("the repository location is missing, it should point to a shared file system location that is available on all master and data nodes");
             throw new RepositoryException(name.name(), "missing location");