diff --git a/tools/build/buildshorewall b/tools/build/buildshorewall
index 88196db1e..78f18c4cd 100755
--- a/tools/build/buildshorewall
+++ b/tools/build/buildshorewall
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ case $VERSION in
 	# Patch Release
 	#
 	PATCHRELEASE=Yes
-	[ -n "$BUILDCOMMON" ] && SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${BASEVERSION} || SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${VERSION}
+	[ -n "$BUILDCOMMON" ] && SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common-${BASEVERSION} || SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-common
 	SHOREWALLLITEDIR=shorewall-lite-${BASEVERSION}
 	TARBALL=shorewall-common-${BASEVERSION}.tgz
 	LITETARBALL=shorewall-lite-${BASEVERSION}.tgz