diff --git a/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c b/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c
index 1f06ad811d9..969d07e5677 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c
@@ -717,12 +717,9 @@ read_kld(char *filename, char *kldname)
 static FILE *
 maketempfile(char *dest, const char *root)
 {
-	char *p;
-	int n, fd;
+	int fd;
 
-	p = strrchr(root, '/');
-	n = p != NULL ? p - root + 1 : 0;
-	if (snprintf(dest, MAXPATHLEN, "%.*slhint.XXXXXX", n, root) >=
+	if (snprintf(dest, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/lhint.XXXXXX", root) >=
 	    MAXPATHLEN) {
 		errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
 		return (NULL);