diff --git a/debian/conf/unicorn.rb b/debian/conf/unicorn.rb
index b8c7940757..40b545eeb7 100644
--- a/debian/conf/unicorn.rb
+++ b/debian/conf/unicorn.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ working_directory ENV['gitlab_home'] # available in 0.94.0+
 # Listen on both a Unix domain socket and a TCP port.
 # If you are load-balancing multiple Unicorn masters, lower the backlog
 # setting to e.g. 64 for faster failover.
-listen "#{ENV['gitlab_pid_path']}/pids/gitlab.socket", :backlog => 1024
+listen "#{ENV['gitlab_pid_path']}/sockets/gitlab.socket", :backlog => 1024
 listen "127.0.0.1:8080", :tcp_nopush => true
 
 # nuke workers after 30 seconds instead of 60 seconds (the default)