diff --git a/src/plugins/task/affinity/affinity.h b/src/plugins/task/affinity/affinity.h
index b674cef3270b702bd4d8343e3d48730d29414226..7ad136c2d7f032001972849ce849e8d7a9305447 100644
--- a/src/plugins/task/affinity/affinity.h
+++ b/src/plugins/task/affinity/affinity.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 #include "src/common/util-net.h"
 #include "src/common/slurm_resource_info.h"
 
-#define CPUSET_DIR "/etc/cpuset"
+#define CPUSET_DIR "/dev/cpuset"
 
 /*** from affinity.c ***/
 void	slurm_chkaffinity(cpu_set_t *mask, slurmd_job_t *job, int statval);