diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 1e78b7c9e961505f267f00efd7ff79af18f54c75..83952eff0a111c9d722ff52ad7f0eb5d521e658d 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (fstatat(dirfd, path, &stbuf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0) {
+    if (fstatat(dirfd, name, &stbuf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0) {
         goto err_out;
     }