diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
index 21bc96fb5b..2e7af7d2e7 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
@@ -853,9 +853,9 @@ status_t
 Volume::_AddInitialPackagesFromDirectory()
 {
 	// iterate through the dir and create packages
-	int fd = dup(fPackagesDirectory->DirectoryFD());
+	int fd = openat(fPackagesDirectory->DirectoryFD(), ".", O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		ERROR("Failed to dup() packages directory FD: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		ERROR("Failed to open packages directory: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		RETURN_ERROR(errno);
 	}