diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/containerd-1.0.0.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/containerd-1.0.0.service
index d5508823e4..722f363c1b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/containerd-1.0.0.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/containerd-1.0.0.service
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Delegate=yes
 Environment=CONTAINERD_CONFIG=/usr/share/containerd/config.toml
-ExecStartPre=mkdir -p /run/docker/libcontainerd
-ExecStartPre=ln -fs /run/containerd/containerd.sock /run/docker/libcontainerd/docker-containerd.sock
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /run/docker/libcontainerd
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/ln -fs /run/containerd/containerd.sock /run/docker/libcontainerd/docker-containerd.sock
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/containerd --config ${TORCX_UNPACKDIR}${TORCX_IMAGEDIR}${CONTAINERD_CONFIG}
 KillMode=process
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/afterburn/files/coreos-metadata.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/afterburn/files/coreos-metadata.service
index 8f67c07de5..9204dedffc 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/afterburn/files/coreos-metadata.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/afterburn/files/coreos-metadata.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10
 Environment=COREOS_METADATA_OPT_PROVIDER=--cmdline
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-metadata ${COREOS_METADATA_OPT_PROVIDER} --attributes=/run/metadata/flatcar
-ExecStartPost=ln -fs /run/metadata/flatcar /run/metadata/coreos
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/ln -fs /run/metadata/flatcar /run/metadata/coreos
 
 [Install]
 RequiredBy=metadata.target