diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c
index 4aa18da52da22690c549d51f858c8d72412b3b8b..cba5d7abdcf9edb590e7eeb7be69e82c50a31f9e 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ daemon(nochdir, noclose)
     if (!nochdir)
         (void)chdir("/");
 
-    if (!noclose && (fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
+    if (!noclose && (fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
         (void)dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
         (void)dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
         (void)dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);