diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service
index f32edcb..b851ea7 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/kea/
-ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/kea
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/kea
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/kea-dhcp4 -c @SYSCONFDIR@/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service
index 26d2205..0f9f0ef 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/kea/
-ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/kea
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/kea
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/kea-dhcp6 -c @SYSCONFDIR@/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf
 
 [Install]