diff --git a/libnetwork/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go b/libnetwork/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go
index a57bb8e371..4a7ac06b59 100644
--- a/libnetwork/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go
+++ b/libnetwork/sandbox_externalkey_unix.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
 )
 
-const udsBase = "/var/lib/docker/network/files/"
+const udsBase = "/run/docker/libnetwork/"
 const success = "success"
 
 // processSetKeyReexec is a private function that must be called only on an reexec path