--- _realsetup
+++ _realsetup
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@
 
 	# preliminaries
 	perform rm -f $lock
-	mkdir -p rundir > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
-	mkdir -p subsysdir > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
+	mkdir -p $rundir > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
+	mkdir -p $subsysdir > /dev/null 2>/dev/null