diff --git a/src/nvme/fabrics.c b/src/nvme/fabrics.c
index 21fb292..f9090d1 100644
--- a/src/nvme/fabrics.c
+++ b/src/nvme/fabrics.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 
 #define NVMF_HOSTID_SIZE	37
 
-#define NVMF_HOSTNQN_FILE	SYSCONFDIR "/nvme/hostnqn"
-#define NVMF_HOSTID_FILE	SYSCONFDIR "/nvme/hostid"
+#define NVMF_HOSTNQN_FILE	"/etc/nvme/hostnqn"
+#define NVMF_HOSTID_FILE	"/etc/nvme/hostid"
 
 const char *nvmf_dev = "/dev/nvme-fabrics";