diff --git a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/MarkFile.java b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/MarkFile.java
index c9e15b618..bbe87a702 100644
--- a/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/MarkFile.java
+++ b/agrona/src/main/java/org/agrona/MarkFile.java
@@ -724,12 +724,12 @@ public static boolean isActive(
      */
     public static void ensureMarkFileLink(final File serviceDir, final File actualFile, final String linkFilename)
     {
-        final String archiveDirPath;
+        final String serviceDirPath;
         final String markFileParentPath;
 
         try
         {
-            archiveDirPath = serviceDir.getCanonicalPath();
+            serviceDirPath = serviceDir.getCanonicalPath();
         }
         catch (final IOException ex)
         {
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ public static void ensureMarkFileLink(final File serviceDir, final File actualFi
                 "failed to resolve canonical path for markFile parent dir of " + actualFile);
         }
 
-        final Path linkFile = new File(archiveDirPath, linkFilename).toPath();
-        if (archiveDirPath.equals(markFileParentPath))
+        final Path linkFile = new File(serviceDirPath, linkFilename).toPath();
+        if (serviceDirPath.equals(markFileParentPath))
         {
             try
             {