diff --git a/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c b/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c
index b89c801..81f29b3 100644
--- a/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c
+++ b/src/named-manager/nm-named-manager.c
@@ -388,12 +388,19 @@ update_resolv_conf (const char *domain,
                     const char *iface,
                     GError **error)
 {
-	const char *tmp_resolv_conf = RESOLV_CONF ".tmp";
+	char tmp_resolv_conf [PATH_MAX];
 	char tmp_resolv_conf_realpath [PATH_MAX];
+	char resolv_conf_realpath [PATH_MAX];
 	FILE *f;
 	int do_rename = 1;
 	int old_errno = 0;
 
+	if (!realpath (RESOLV_CONF, resolv_conf_realpath))
+		strcpy (resolv_conf_realpath, RESOLV_CONF);
+
+	strcpy (tmp_resolv_conf, resolv_conf_realpath);
+	strcpy (tmp_resolv_conf + strlen (tmp_resolv_conf), ".tmp");
+
 	if (!realpath (tmp_resolv_conf, tmp_resolv_conf_realpath))
 		strcpy (tmp_resolv_conf_realpath, tmp_resolv_conf);