diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index 0fc90af6a352178b668860349951c75d10068693..c34a3f7c18eedfa79c75c4918133ebc0d0414985 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ (define* (mount-root-file-system root type
 is true, mount ROOT read-only and make it a union with a writable tmpfs using
 UNIONFS."
   (define (mark-as-not-killable pid)
-    ;; Tell the 'user-processes' dmd service that PID must be kept alive when
-    ;; shutting down.
-    (mkdir-p "/root/etc/dmd")
-    (let ((port (open-file "/root/etc/dmd/do-not-kill" "a")))
+    ;; Tell the 'user-processes' shepherd service that PID must be kept alive
+    ;; when shutting down.
+    (mkdir-p "/root/etc/shepherd")
+    (let ((port (open-file "/root/etc/shepherd/do-not-kill" "a")))
       (chmod port #o600)
       (write pid port)
       (newline port)
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index fbb29c1ee2e276fa2c45f9361fca32756cf07e01..6483a66b5ad2388054fbc1d9198ef90e04185f0c 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ (define (user-unmount-service known-mount-points)
 (define %do-not-kill-file
   ;; Name of the file listing PIDs of processes that must survive when halting
   ;; the system.  Typical example is user-space file systems.
-  "/etc/dmd/do-not-kill")
+  "/etc/shepherd/do-not-kill")
 
 (define user-processes-service-type
   (dmd-service-type