diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 623caf9325..96a12b1f2e 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export SCP := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_SCP))
 export LOCALFILES := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LOCALFILES))
 
 DL_WRAPPER = support/download/dl-wrapper
-FLOCK = flock $($(PKG)_DL_DIR)/
 
 # DL_DIR may have been set already from the environment
 ifeq ($(origin DL_DIR),undefined)
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ endif
 
 define DOWNLOAD
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $($(PKG)_DL_DIR)
-	$(Q)$(EXTRA_ENV) $(FLOCK) $(DL_WRAPPER) \
+	$(Q)$(EXTRA_ENV) flock $($(PKG)_DL_DIR)/ $(DL_WRAPPER) \
 		-c '$($(PKG)_DL_VERSION)' \
 		-d '$($(PKG)_DL_DIR)' \
 		-D '$(DL_DIR)' \