diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index eabc51101d..a3c6847de0 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int dir_cleanup(
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                sub_path = strjoin(p, "/", dent->d_name);
+                sub_path = path_join(p, dent->d_name);
                 if (!sub_path) {
                         r = log_oom();
                         goto finish;