diff --git a/CIME/case/case_setup.py b/CIME/case/case_setup.py
index a170d1bfddd..730a9911452 100644
--- a/CIME/case/case_setup.py
+++ b/CIME/case/case_setup.py
@@ -424,8 +424,10 @@ def _case_setup_impl(
                 )
             if comp == "cam":
                 camroot = case.get_value("COMP_ROOT_DIR_ATM")
-                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(camroot, "cam.case_setup.py")):
-                    logger.debug("Running cam.case_setup.py")
+                if os.path.exists(
+                    os.path.join(camroot, "cime_config/cam.case_setup.py")
+                ):
+                    logger.info("Running cam.case_setup.py")
                     run_cmd_no_fail(
                         "python {cam}/cime_config/cam.case_setup.py {cam} {case}".format(
                             cam=camroot, case=caseroot