diff --git a/etc/rc.d/jail b/etc/rc.d/jail
index 54cdee28e1e..72ab62ee876 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/jail
+++ b/etc/rc.d/jail
@@ -601,10 +601,7 @@ jail_start()
 				devfs_mount_jail "${_devdir}" ${_ruleset}
 				# Transitional symlink for old binaries
 				if [ ! -L "${_devdir}/log" ]; then
-					__pwd="`pwd`"
-					cd "${_devdir}"
-					ln -sf ../var/run/log log
-					cd "$__pwd"
+					ln -sf ../var/run/log "${_devdir}/log"
 				fi
 			fi