diff --git a/sbin/nvmecontrol/devlist.c b/sbin/nvmecontrol/devlist.c
index 2a9583294673..29c04751c7a9 100644
--- a/sbin/nvmecontrol/devlist.c
+++ b/sbin/nvmecontrol/devlist.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ devlist(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		if (ret != 0) {
 			if (ret == EACCES) {
-				warnx("could not open /dev/%s\n", name);
+				warnx("could not open "_PATH_DEV"%s\n", name);
 				continue;
 			} else
 				break;
diff --git a/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c b/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c
index 333bb62e979e..4dee1909280a 100644
--- a/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c
+++ b/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ open_dev(const char *str, int *fd, int show_error, int exit_on_error)
 			return (EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	snprintf(full_path, sizeof(full_path), "/dev/%s", str);
+	snprintf(full_path, sizeof(full_path), _PATH_DEV"%s", str);
 	*fd = open(full_path, O_RDWR);
 	if (*fd < 0) {
 		if (show_error)