diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet
index 5791fd3bfe3825226b0f2a15a0015fe870fe3a1d..7d8aadd89ce36ff02cb76bb998bdad367d07efe8 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
       local sysVolumeMount = containerVolumeMount.new(sysVolumeName, '/host/sys');
 
       local rootVolumeName = 'root';
-      local rootVolume = volume.fromHostPath(rootVolumeName, '/root');
+      local rootVolume = volume.fromHostPath(rootVolumeName, '/');
       local rootVolumeMount = containerVolumeMount.new(rootVolumeName, '/host/root').
         withMountPropagation('HostToContainer').
         withReadOnly(true);