diff --git a/sbin/create_dm_db.sh b/sbin/create_dm_db.sh
index b29eb7b8f3a5ba97d263329018e4dacb42aebe76..a521c1ceefe8283344d2d32237d8b2dc87115707 100755
--- a/sbin/create_dm_db.sh
+++ b/sbin/create_dm_db.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if [ -z "${DM_ROOT_DIR}" ]; then
     DM_ROOT_DIR=$MY_DIR/..
 fi
 DM_SQL_DIR=$DM_ROOT_DIR/db
-DM_RUN_DIR=$DM_ROOT_DIR/var/run
+DM_RUN_DIR=$DM_INSTALL_DIR/var/run
 DM_ENV_FILE=${DM_ROOT_DIR}/setup.sh
 if [ ! -f ${DM_ENV_FILE} ]; then
     echo "Environment file ${DM_ENV_FILE} does not exist."