diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index edc17ad75b..09e68c5ec3 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += iptables
 define IPROUTE2_WITH_IPTABLES
 	# Makefile is busted so it never passes IPT_LIB_DIR properly
-	$(SED) "s/-DIPT/-DXT/" $(IPROUTE2_DIR)/tc/Makefile
+	$(SED) "s/-DIPT/-DXT/" $(@D)/tc/Makefile
 endef
 else
 define IPROUTE2_WITH_IPTABLES
 	# em_ipset needs xtables, but configure misdetects it
-	echo "TC_CONFIG_IPSET:=n" >>$(IPROUTE2_DIR)/Config
-	echo "TC_CONFIG_XT:=n" >>$(IPROUTE2_DIR)/Config
+	echo "TC_CONFIG_IPSET:=n" >>$(@D)/Config
+	echo "TC_CONFIG_XT:=n" >>$(@D)/Config
 endef
 endif
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BERKELEYDB_COMPAT185)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += berkeleydb
 else
 define IPROUTE2_DISABLE_ARPD
-	echo "HAVE_BERKELEY_DB:=n" >> $(IPROUTE2_DIR)/Config
+	echo "HAVE_BERKELEY_DB:=n" >> $(@D)/Config
 endef
 endif