diff --git a/package/nginx/nginx.mk b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
index 90ebbcc989..502bc44fe3 100644
--- a/package/nginx/nginx.mk
+++ b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ endef
 
 define NGINX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
-	-$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/nginx.old
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/nginx.old
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0664 package/nginx/nginx.logrotate \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/logrotate.d/nginx
 endef