diff --git a/fs/semaphore/Kconfig b/fs/semaphore/Kconfig
index 65051145a5c..cd84e6394e6 100644
--- a/fs/semaphore/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/semaphore/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES
 
 if FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES
 
-config FS_NAMED_SEMPATH
+config FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES_VFS_PATH
 	string "Path to semaphore storage"
 	default "/var/lock"
 	---help---
diff --git a/fs/semaphore/sem_open.c b/fs/semaphore/sem_open.c
index ad5246a1cb1..e41b24d219d 100644
--- a/fs/semaphore/sem_open.c
+++ b/fs/semaphore/sem_open.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ FAR sem_t *sem_open(FAR const char *name, int oflags, ...)
 
   /* Get the full path to the semaphore */
 
-  snprintf(fullpath, MAX_SEMPATH, CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMPATH "/%s", name);
+  snprintf(fullpath, MAX_SEMPATH,
+           CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES_VFS_PATH "/%s", name);
 
   /* Get the inode for this semaphore.  This should succeed if the
    * semaphore has already been created.  In this case, inode_find()
diff --git a/fs/semaphore/sem_unlink.c b/fs/semaphore/sem_unlink.c
index 6bdc30e0742..3b82bf486d5 100644
--- a/fs/semaphore/sem_unlink.c
+++ b/fs/semaphore/sem_unlink.c
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ int sem_unlink(FAR const char *name)
 
   /* Get the full path to the semaphore */
 
-  snprintf(fullpath, MAX_SEMPATH, CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMPATH "/%s", name);
+  snprintf(fullpath, MAX_SEMPATH,
+           CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES_VFS_PATH "/%s", name);
 
   /* Get the inode for this semaphore. */