diff --git a/package/mrouted/S41mrouted b/package/mrouted/S41mrouted
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 7dca258255..d653425719
--- a/package/mrouted/S41mrouted
+++ b/package/mrouted/S41mrouted
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MROUTED_ARGS="-w 30"
 start() {
 	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
-	start-stop-daemon -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/sbin/$DAEMON" \
+	start-stop-daemon -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/usr/sbin/$DAEMON" \
 		-- $MROUTED_ARGS
 	status=$?
 	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then