diff --git a/etc/devd/devmatch.conf b/etc/devd/devmatch.conf
index b9a93c43d851..bc5bf0c74a64 100644
--- a/etc/devd/devmatch.conf
+++ b/etc/devd/devmatch.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Generic NOMATCH event
 nomatch 100 {
-	action "service devmatch start '?$_'";
+	action "/etc/rc.d/devmatch start '?$_'";
 };
 
 # Add the following to devd.conf to prevent this from running: