diff --git a/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c b/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c
index ca0a640..e96522c 100644
--- a/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c
+++ b/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int _start_daemon(char *dmeventd_path, struct dm_event_fifos *fifos)
       start_server:
 	/* server is not running */
 
-	if (!strncmp(DMEVENTD_PATH, "/", 1) && stat(DMEVENTD_PATH, &statbuf)) {
+	if (!strncmp(args[0], "/", 1) && stat(args[0], &statbuf)) {
 		log_sys_error("stat", DMEVENTD_PATH);
 		return 0;
 	}