diff --git a/src/core/namespace.c b/src/core/namespace.c
index 7d0b7e7e84b..01a817bf23c 100644
--- a/src/core/namespace.c
+++ b/src/core/namespace.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ int setup_namespace(
                 if (protect_system != PROTECT_SYSTEM_NO) {
                         const char *usr_dir, *boot_dir, *etc_dir;
 
-                        usr_dir = prefix_roota(root_directory, "/home");
+                        usr_dir = prefix_roota(root_directory, "/usr");
                         boot_dir = prefix_roota(root_directory, "/boot");
                         boot_dir = strjoina("-", boot_dir);
                         etc_dir = prefix_roota(root_directory, "/etc");