diff --git a/sbin/dm_destroy_db.sh b/sbin/dm_destroy_db.sh
index f92510f83fcbaf371f0151f3abd05c38f6201f73..f2454dbcbace40127c0b4d341d296fb6cf4941c2 100755
--- a/sbin/dm_destroy_db.sh
+++ b/sbin/dm_destroy_db.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ cd $CURRENT_DIR
 if [ -z "${DM_ROOT_DIR}" ]; then
     DM_ROOT_DIR=$MY_DIR/..
 fi
-DM_RUN_DIR=${DM_INSTALL_DIR}/var/run
 DM_ENV_FILE=${DM_ROOT_DIR}/setup.sh
 if [ ! -f ${DM_ENV_FILE} ]; then
     echo "Environment file ${DM_ENV_FILE} does not exist." 
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ PG_DIR=$DM_SUPPORT_DIR/postgresql/$DM_HOST_ARCH
 PG_CONTROL_SCRIPT=$DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/init.d/dm-postgresql
 PG_DATA_DIR=$PG_DIR/data
 PG_HBA_CONF=$PG_DATA_DIR/pg_hba.conf
+DM_RUN_DIR=${DM_INSTALL_DIR}/var/run
 DB_LOCK_FILE=${DM_RUN_DIR}/${DM_DB_NAME}.db.lock
 
 # Use first argument as db name, if provided