diff --git a/spacy/cli/debug_model.py b/spacy/cli/debug_model.py
index a4899a458..58908c5e8 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/debug_model.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/debug_model.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def debug_model_cli(
     config_overrides = parse_config_overrides(ctx.args)
     with show_validation_error(config_path):
         config = util.load_config(config_path, overrides=config_overrides)
-        nlp, config = util.load_model_from_config(config_path)
+        nlp, config = util.load_model_from_config(config)
     seed = config["training"]["seed"]
     if seed is not None:
         msg.info(f"Fixing random seed: {seed}")