diff --git a/dracut-kdump.sh b/dracut-kdump.sh
index b69bc98..b17455a 100755
--- a/dracut-kdump.sh
+++ b/dracut-kdump.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FAILURE_ACTION="systemctl reboot -f"
 DATEDIR=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%T)
 HOST_IP='127.0.0.1'
 DUMP_INSTRUCTION=""
-SSH_KEY_LOCATION="/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa"
+SSH_KEY_LOCATION=$DEFAULT_SSHKEY
 DD_BLKSIZE=512
 FINAL_ACTION="systemctl reboot -f"
 KDUMP_PRE=""
diff --git a/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh b/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
index 9be0fe9..84e6bf7 100755
--- a/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # not be the default shell. Any code added must be POSIX compliant.
 
 DEFAULT_PATH="/var/crash/"
+DEFAULT_SSHKEY="/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa"
 KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/kdump.conf"
 FENCE_KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/sysconfig/fence_kdump"
 FENCE_KDUMP_SEND="/usr/libexec/fence_kdump_send"
diff --git a/kdumpctl b/kdumpctl
index 35fd6e0..7b01cd3 100755
--- a/kdumpctl
+++ b/kdumpctl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MKDUMPRD="/sbin/mkdumprd -f"
 MKFADUMPRD="/sbin/mkfadumprd"
 DRACUT_MODULES_FILE="/usr/lib/dracut/modules.txt"
 SAVE_PATH=/var/crash
-SSH_KEY_LOCATION="/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa"
+SSH_KEY_LOCATION=$DEFAULT_SSHKEY
 INITRD_CHECKSUM_LOCATION="/boot/.fadump_initrd_checksum"
 DUMP_TARGET=""
 DEFAULT_INITRD=""
diff --git a/mkdumprd b/mkdumprd
index 5996d50..3e250e0 100644
--- a/mkdumprd
+++ b/mkdumprd
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if ! dlog_init; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-SSH_KEY_LOCATION="/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa"
+SSH_KEY_LOCATION=$DEFAULT_SSHKEY
 SAVE_PATH=$(get_save_path)
 OVERRIDE_RESETTABLE=0