diff --git a/debian/conf/nginx.conf.example b/debian/conf/nginx.conf.example
index 522ae8176f..e5bac5db90 100644
--- a/debian/conf/nginx.conf.example
+++ b/debian/conf/nginx.conf.example
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## See installation.md#using-https for additional HTTPS configuration details.
 
 upstream gitlab-workhorse {
-  server unix:/usr/share/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab-workhorse.socket fail_timeout=0;
+  server unix:/var/run/gitlab/sockets/gitlab-workhorse.socket fail_timeout=0;
 }
 
 ## Normal HTTP host
diff --git a/debian/conf/nginx.ssl.conf.example b/debian/conf/nginx.ssl.conf.example
index 713ee13df4..511138ab26 100644
--- a/debian/conf/nginx.ssl.conf.example
+++ b/debian/conf/nginx.ssl.conf.example
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ## See installation.md#using-https for additional HTTPS configuration details.
 
 upstream gitlab-workhorse {
-  server unix:/usr/share/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab-workhorse.socket fail_timeout=0;
+  server unix:/var/run/gitlab/sockets/gitlab-workhorse.socket fail_timeout=0;
 }
 
 ## Redirects all HTTP traffic to the HTTPS host