diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd-volatiles.conf b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd-volatiles.conf
index fa62962975..f3619dddb6 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd-volatiles.conf
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd-volatiles.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 d /var/log/radius  0755 radiusd radiusd -
-d /var/run/radiusd 0755 radiusd radiusd -
+d /run/radiusd     0755 radiusd radiusd -
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd.service b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd.service
index 2d766488e6..37a2eb3d7d 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd.service
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/freeradius/files/radiusd.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid
-ExecStartPre=-@BASE_BINDIR@/chown -R radiusd.radiusd /run/radiusd
+ExecStartPre=-@BASE_BINDIR@/chown -R radiusd:radiusd /run/radiusd
 ExecStartPre=@SBINDIR@/radiusd -C
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/radiusd -d @SYSCONFDIR@/raddb
 ExecReload=@SBINDIR@/radiusd -C