diff --git a/easyrsa3/easyrsa b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
index e903dff78..56a9a623c 100755
--- a/easyrsa3/easyrsa
+++ b/easyrsa3/easyrsa
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ export EASYRSA_REQ_SERIAL=\"$EASYRSA_REQ_SERIAL\"\
 escape_hazard - Failed to write temp-file"
 
 	# Reload fields from fully escaped temp-file
-	source_vars "$escape_hazard_tmp"
+	. "$escape_hazard_tmp"
 	verbose "escape_hazard: COMPLETED"
 } # => escape_hazard()