diff --git a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
index cd3d05709e..99f68f7505 100644
--- a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ create_cmdline_wrapper () {
 #!/bin/bash
 realpath=\`readlink -fn \$0\`
 realdir=\`dirname \$realpath\`
-exec -a \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname.real $cmdoptions "\$@"
+exec -a \$realdir/$cmdname \$realdir/$cmdname.real $cmdoptions "\$@"
 END
 	chmod +x $cmd
 }