diff --git a/command/init.go b/command/init.go
index 49351e2084..47744cc249 100644
--- a/command/init.go
+++ b/command/init.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (c *InitCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		// error suggesting the user upgrade their config manually or with
 		// Terraform v0.12
 		c.Ui.Error(strings.TrimSpace(errInitConfigErrorMaybeLegacySyntax))
-		c.showDiagnostics(earlyConfDiags)
+		c.showDiagnostics(confDiags)
 		return 1
 	}