diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.1.bb
index 5d62ea0910..b0eee3be43 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.42.1.bb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
 
 do_compile_prepend () {
 	find ./ -print | grep -v ./patches | xargs chmod u=rwX
-	( cd util; ${BUILD_CC} subst.c -o subst )
+	( cd ${S}/util; ${BUILD_CC} subst.c -o subst )
 }
 
 do_install () {