diff --git a/src/barebox-state.c b/src/barebox-state.c
index fd4f165..7a20030 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state.c
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@
 	int do_dump = 0, do_dump_shell = 0, do_initialize = 0;
 	struct state_set_get *sg;
 	struct list_head sg_list;
-	char *statename = "state";
+	char *statename = "/state";
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sg_list);