diff --git a/patches/patchinstall.sh b/patches/patchinstall.sh
index 9235fea7..6c8b4f6f 100755
--- a/patches/patchinstall.sh
+++ b/patches/patchinstall.sh
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ patchlist="/dev/null"
 backend="patch"
 
 # Find location of patches
-patchdir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+patchdir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 if test ! -f "$patchdir/patchinstall.sh"; then
 	if test -f ./patchinstall.sh; then
 		patchdir="$(pwd)"
diff --git a/staging/patchinstall.sh.in b/staging/patchinstall.sh.in
index 4eeae007..529bf703 100644
--- a/staging/patchinstall.sh.in
+++ b/staging/patchinstall.sh.in
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ patchlist="/dev/null"
 backend="patch"
 
 # Find location of patches
-patchdir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+patchdir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 if test ! -f "$patchdir/patchinstall.sh"; then
 	if test -f ./patchinstall.sh; then
 		patchdir="$(pwd)"