diff --git a/modules/setting/lfs.go b/modules/setting/lfs.go
index 4d9424f9971..0e0f7b74e3f 100644
--- a/modules/setting/lfs.go
+++ b/modules/setting/lfs.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func loadLFSFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	LFS.JWTSecretBase64 = loadSecret(rootCfg.Section("lfs"), "LFS_JWT_SECRET_URI", "LFS_JWT_SECRET")
+	LFS.JWTSecretBase64 = loadSecret(rootCfg.Section("server"), "LFS_JWT_SECRET_URI", "LFS_JWT_SECRET")
 
 	LFS.JWTSecretBytes = make([]byte, 32)
 	n, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.Decode(LFS.JWTSecretBytes, []byte(LFS.JWTSecretBase64))