1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index 52122dd63..c592ef687 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ static void load_firmware(const char *firmware, const char *sysfs_path)
                 full_write(loading_fd, "-1", 2);
 
  out:
+        xchdir("/dev");
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) {
                 close(firmware_fd);
                 close(loading_fd);
@@ -921,7 +922,7 @@ int mdev_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 }
 
                 {
-                        int logfd = open("/dev/mdev.log", O_WRONLY | O_APPEND);
+                        int logfd = open("mdev.log", O_WRONLY | O_APPEND);
                         if (logfd >= 0) {
                                 xmove_fd(logfd, STDERR_FILENO);
                                 G.verbose = 1;