diff --git a/src/shared/find-esp.c b/src/shared/find-esp.c
index d21b6742b9..6408286a5b 100644
--- a/src/shared/find-esp.c
+++ b/src/shared/find-esp.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static int verify_fsroot_dir(
                          * directly instead. It's not as good, due to symlinks and such, but we can't do
                          * anything better here. */
 
-                        r = path_extract_filename(path, &parent);
+                        r = path_extract_directory(path, &parent);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to extract parent path from '%s': %m", path);