diff --git a/config/utilities.bash b/config/utilities.bash
index 73104f1..74deb7a 100644
--- a/config/utilities.bash
+++ b/config/utilities.bash
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ fetch() {
 
 
 create_sysroot() {
-	mkdir -p "$SYSROOT/{etc,cross,usr}"
-	mkdir -p "$SYSROOT/usr/{bin,sbin,lib,include}"
+	mkdir -p "$SYSROOT"/{etc,cross,usr}
+	mkdir -p "$SYSROOT"/usr/{bin,sbin,lib,include}
 
 	for directory in bin sbin lib; do
 		ln -fs "usr/$directory" "$SYSROOT/$directory"