diff --git a/sbin/fsck/fsck.c b/sbin/fsck/fsck.c
index 3757ed062ba5..584ada116386 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck/fsck.c
+++ b/sbin/fsck/fsck.c
@@ -375,11 +375,8 @@ checkfs(const char *pvfstype, const char *spec, const char *mntpt,
 			_exit(0);
 
 		/* Go find an executable. */
-		execvP(execbase, _PATH_SYSPATH, __DECONST(char * const *, argv));
-		if (spec)
-			warn("exec %s for %s in %s", execbase, spec, _PATH_SYSPATH);
-		else
-			warn("exec %s in %s", execbase, _PATH_SYSPATH);
+		execvp(execbase, __DECONST(char * const *, argv));
+		warn("exec %s not found", execbase);
 		_exit(1);
 		/* NOTREACHED */