diff --git a/server/ctdb_vacuum.c b/server/ctdb_vacuum.c
index f1e61db..98306c2 100644
--- a/server/ctdb_vacuum.c
+++ b/server/ctdb_vacuum.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static int get_vacuum_interval(struct ctdb_db_context *ctdb_db)
 	struct ctdb_context *ctdb = ctdb_db->ctdb;
 	int flags;
 
-	vac_dbname = talloc_asprintf(tmp_ctx, "%s/%s.%u", ctdb->db_directory, TUNINGDBNAME, ctdb->pnn);
+	vac_dbname = talloc_asprintf(tmp_ctx, "%s/%s.%u", ctdb->db_directory_state, TUNINGDBNAME, ctdb->pnn);
 	if (vac_dbname == NULL) {
 		DEBUG(DEBUG_CRIT,(__location__ " Out of memory error while allocating '%s'\n", vac_dbname));
 		talloc_free(tmp_ctx);