diff --git a/scapy/asn1/asn1.py b/scapy/asn1/asn1.py
index 2b1ffd22a83ff0b09feeadd8cd1869be2b2f8884..aba86f12061579e961bb1cbddaefb5c54a79c379 100644
--- a/scapy/asn1/asn1.py
+++ b/scapy/asn1/asn1.py
@@ -270,4 +270,4 @@ class ASN1_OID(ASN1_Object):
     
 
 
-ASN1_default_codec = ASN1_Codecs.BER
+conf.ASN1_default_codec = ASN1_Codecs.BER