diff --git a/init/README.ueventd.md b/init/README.ueventd.md
index 0f584b2..4363f3c 100644
--- a/init/README.ueventd.md
+++ b/init/README.ueventd.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 for a file matching the uevent `FIRMWARE`. It then forks a process to serve this firmware to the
 kernel.
 
-`/apex/*/firmware` is also searched after a list of firmware directories.
+`/apex/*/etc/firmware` is also searched after a list of firmware directories.
 
 The list of firmware directories is customized by a `firmware_directories` line in a ueventd.rc
 file. This line takes the format of
diff --git a/init/firmware_handler.cpp b/init/firmware_handler.cpp
index b50b4ef..ba7e6bd 100644
--- a/init/firmware_handler.cpp
+++ b/init/firmware_handler.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
     }
 
     glob_t glob_result;
-    glob("/apex/*/firmware/", GLOB_MARK, nullptr, &glob_result);
+    glob("/apex/*/etc/firmware/", GLOB_MARK, nullptr, &glob_result);
     auto free_glob = android::base::make_scope_guard(std::bind(&globfree, &glob_result));
     for (size_t i = 0; i < glob_result.gl_pathc; i++) {
         char* apex_firmware_directory = glob_result.gl_pathv[i];