diff --git a/k3s-rootless.service b/k3s-rootless.service
index 5879e2f8f20e..a4b6e5e28115 100644
--- a/k3s-rootless.service
+++ b/k3s-rootless.service
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Description=k3s (Rootless)
 Environment=PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 # NOTE: Don't try to run `k3s server --rootless` on a terminal, as it doesn't enable cgroup v2 delegation.
 # If you really need to try it on a terminal, prepend `systemd-run --user -p Delegate=yes --tty` to create a systemd scope.
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s server --rootless --snapshotter=fuse-overlayfs
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/k3s server --rootless --snapshotter=fuse-overlayfs
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 TimeoutSec=0
 RestartSec=2
diff --git a/k3s.service b/k3s.service
index 7f8c9ec89c35..f84fcb2121cb 100644
--- a/k3s.service
+++ b/k3s.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/%N
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/%N
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/systemd/system/k3s.service.env
 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -xc '! /usr/bin/systemctl is-enabled --quiet nm-cloud-setup.service'
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s server
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/k3s server
 KillMode=process
 Delegate=yes
 # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead