diff --git a/fabric-ca/scripts/env.sh b/fabric-ca/scripts/env.sh
index 88d7bda6..8306967b 100755
--- a/fabric-ca/scripts/env.sh
+++ b/fabric-ca/scripts/env.sh
@@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ function switchToUserIdentity {
 }
 
 # Revokes the fabric user
-function revokeFabricUser {
+function revokeFabricUserAndGenerateCRL {
    switchToAdminIdentity
    export  FABRIC_CA_CLIENT_HOME=$ORG_ADMIN_HOME
-   logr "Revoking the user '$USER_NAME' of the organization '$ORG' with Fabric CA Client home directory set to $FABRIC_CA_CLIENT_HOME ..."
+   logr "Revoking the user '$USER_NAME' of the organization '$ORG' with Fabric CA Client home directory set to $FABRIC_CA_CLIENT_HOME and generating CRL ..."
    export FABRIC_CA_CLIENT_TLS_CERTFILES=$CA_CHAINFILE
-   fabric-ca-client revoke -d --revoke.name $USER_NAME
+   fabric-ca-client revoke -d --revoke.name $USER_NAME --gencrl
 }
 
 # Generates a CRL that contains serial numbers of all revoked enrollment certificates.
diff --git a/fabric-ca/scripts/run-fabric.sh b/fabric-ca/scripts/run-fabric.sh
index b3d139bd..bd938073 100755
--- a/fabric-ca/scripts/run-fabric.sh
+++ b/fabric-ca/scripts/run-fabric.sh
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ function main {
    switchToUserIdentity
 
    # Revoke the user and generate CRL using admin's credentials
-   revokeFabricUser
-   generateCRL
+   revokeFabricUserAndGenerateCRL
 
    # Fetch config block
    fetchConfigBlock