--- a/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/statechange.sh
+++ b/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/statechange.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 export TOOLS_CONFDIR
 
 # Pull in subroutines like Panic.
-. "$TOOLS_CONFDIR"/statechange.subr
+. /usr/share/open-vm-tools/statechange.subr
 
 
 #
