diff --git a/mkimage b/mkimage
index 91d6f6b1..ebc083ba 100755
--- a/mkimage
+++ b/mkimage
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ if use_qemu_static ; then
 fi
 
 # Clean up device nodes that make no sense in the image
-rm "$rootfsDir/dev/*" -rf
+rm "$rootfsDir"/dev/* -rf
 tar cf "$TARGET" -C "$rootfsDir" .
 rm -r "$rootfsDir"
 rm -r "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR"