diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
index 7ab9ca7d10..52dfe91993 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func Main(arch *sys.Arch, theArch Arch) {
 
 	final := gorootFinal()
 	addstrdata1(ctxt, "runtime.defaultGOROOT="+final)
-	addstrdata1(ctxt, "cmd/internal/objabi.defaultGOROOT="+final)
+	addstrdata1(ctxt, "internal/buildcfg.defaultGOROOT="+final)
 
 	buildVersion := buildcfg.Version
 	if goexperiment := buildcfg.GOEXPERIMENT(); goexperiment != "" {