diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk
index a7af310f7b..b1a78e1118 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ makeinstall_target() {
   # rename to not conflicting with Mesa libGL.so
     cp -P libGL.so.$PKG_VERSION $INSTALL/usr/lib/libGL_nvidia.so.1
 
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia
-    ln -sf /var/lib/nvidia.ko $INSTALL/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia/nvidia.ko
-    cp -P kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko $INSTALL/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia
-    cp -P kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko $INSTALL/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia
+    ln -sf /var/lib/nvidia.ko $INSTALL/usr/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia/nvidia.ko
+    cp -P kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko $INSTALL/usr/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia
+    cp -P kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko $INSTALL/usr/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/nvidia
 
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/nvidia
     cp -P kernel/nvidia.ko $INSTALL/usr/lib/nvidia