diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index 844c947fe3818b17f11ba36b5583ac15beaa7d97..02913787da0cac68f43a527817ba2b1ed88394cf 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -1777,8 +1777,8 @@ virGetDeviceUnprivSGIO(const char *path,
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-# define SYSFS_FC_HOST_PATH "/sys/class/fc_host/"
-# define SYSFS_SCSI_HOST_PATH "/sys/class/scsi_host/"
+# define SYSFS_FC_HOST_PATH "/sys/class/fc_host"
+# define SYSFS_SCSI_HOST_PATH "/sys/class/scsi_host"
 
 /* virReadSCSIUniqueId:
  * @sysfs_prefix: "scsi_host" sysfs path, defaults to SYSFS_SCSI_HOST_PATH