diff --git a/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass b/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass
index 26f369b..71d26ec 100644
--- a/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass
+++ b/classes/phosphor-mapper.bbclass
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                 os.makedirs(parent)
             path = os.path.join(
                 parent,
-                '-'.join(p[1:].split(os.sep)))
+                '-'.join(p.split(os.sep)))
             with open(path, 'w+') as fd:
                 pass
 
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper.bb
index a891b48..6797af6 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper.bb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         d.getVar('namespace_dir', True)
     paths = []
     for p in os.listdir(path):
-        paths.append(os.sep + os.sep.join(p.split('-')))
+        paths.append(os.sep.join(p.split('-')))
 
     path = d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_NATIVE', True) + \
         d.getVar('interface_dir', True)