diff --git a/target/bootdisk/x86/makeimages.sh b/target/bootdisk/x86/makeimages.sh
index b5da2487e..f66ad1b9f 100644
--- a/target/bootdisk/x86/makeimages.sh
+++ b/target/bootdisk/x86/makeimages.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 if [ "$1" = -reroot ] ; then
 	echo "Old PATH: $PATH"
-	PATH="../root/sbin:../root/bin:../root/usr/sbin:../usr/bin:$PATH"
+	PATH="../../sbin:../../bin:../../../sbin:../usr/bin:$PATH"
 	echo "New PATH: $PATH"
 	echo "Old LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="../root/lib:../root/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="../../lib:../../usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH%:}
 	echo "New LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 	shift