diff --git a/.gitlab/e2e/e2e.yml b/.gitlab/e2e/e2e.yml
index 60af6b6783559..73d5a4dff3ad8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/e2e/e2e.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/e2e/e2e.yml
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ new-e2e-eks-cleanup-on-failure:
     - export AWS_PROFILE=agent-qa-ci
     # Now all `aws` commands target the agent-qa profile
     - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tools/ci/fetch_secret.sh $SSH_PUBLIC_KEY_RSA > $E2E_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH || exit $?
-    - touch $E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH && chmod 600 $E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH && $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tools/ci/fetch_secret.sh $SSH_KEY_RSA > $E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH
+    - touch $E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH && chmod 600 $E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH && $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tools/ci/fetch_secret.sh $SSH_KEY_RSA > $E2E_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH || exit $?
     # Use S3 backend
     - PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE=$($CI_PROJECT_DIR/tools/ci/fetch_secret.sh $E2E_PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE) || exit $?; export PULUMI_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE
     - pulumi login "s3://dd-pulumi-state?region=us-east-1&awssdk=v2&profile=$AWS_PROFILE"