1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/sysctl/sysctl.c b/src/sysctl/sysctl.c
index bb2643a480..9838701a3d 100644
--- a/src/sysctl/sysctl.c
+++ b/src/sysctl/sysctl.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         if (path_startswith(optarg, "/proc/sys"))
                                 p = strdup(optarg);
                         else
-                                p = strappend("/proc/sys/", optarg);
+                                p = path_join("/proc/sys", optarg);
                         if (!p)
                                 return log_oom();