diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/__init__.py
index 9f60f3abcc..fd61340087 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/__init__.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/__init__.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class OpkgPM(OpkgDpkgPM):
             """
             if (self.d.getVar('FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI') or "") != "":
                 for arch in self.pkg_archs.split():
-                    cfg_file_name = os.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
+                    cfg_file_name = oe.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
                                                  self.d.getVar("sysconfdir"),
                                                  "opkg",
                                                  "local-%s-feed.conf" % arch)