diff --git a/bin/extractkernel b/bin/extractkernel
index 43d9627646..fe236c7a49 100755
--- a/bin/extractkernel
+++ b/bin/extractkernel
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use List::Util qw(max);
 
 my $base_dir;
 BEGIN {
-    $base_dir = Cwd::realpath( dirname(__FILE__) );
+    $base_dir = dirname( Cwd::realpath(__FILE__) );
 }
 use lib "$base_dir/";
 use hipvars;
diff --git a/bin/hipcc b/bin/hipcc
index b8f2a3712a..32f1411a77 100755
--- a/bin/hipcc
+++ b/bin/hipcc
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ sub delete_temp_dirs {
 
 my $base_dir;
 BEGIN {
-    $base_dir = Cwd::realpath( dirname(__FILE__) );
+    $base_dir = dirname(Cwd::realpath(__FILE__) );
 }
 use lib "$base_dir/";
 use hipvars;
diff --git a/bin/hipconfig b/bin/hipconfig
index 04bed13fa9..c9c5b32b15 100755
--- a/bin/hipconfig
+++ b/bin/hipconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use File::Basename;
 
 my $base_dir;
 BEGIN {
-    $base_dir = Cwd::realpath( dirname(__FILE__) );
+    $base_dir = dirname( Cwd::realpath(__FILE__) );
 }
 use lib "$base_dir/";
 use hipvars;