diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index 91c70efbbd..6b3830883b 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ROOT_DIR=`echo $DIRNAME | sed -ne 's:/etc/.*::p'`
 [ "$ROOTFS_READ_ONLY" = "yes" ] && VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE=no
 
 CFGDIR="${ROOT_DIR}/etc/default/volatiles"
-TMPROOT="${ROOT_DIR}/var/tmp"
+TMPROOT="${ROOT_DIR}/var/volatile/tmp"
 COREDEF="00_core"
 
 [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Populating volatile Filesystems."