diff --git a/modules/ctl/ctl_defaults.h b/modules/ctl/ctl_defaults.h
index 10498e39a5b..b41aa53f514 100644
--- a/modules/ctl/ctl_defaults.h
+++ b/modules/ctl/ctl_defaults.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*listen by default on: */
 #ifdef SRNAME
 /* this is used when compiling sercmd tool */
-#define DEFAULT_CTL_SOCKET  "unixs:" RUN_DIR "/" SRNAME "/" SRNAME "_ctl"
+#define DEFAULT_CTL_SOCKET  "unixs:" RUN_DIR "/" SRNAME "_ctl"
 #else
 /* this is used when compiling sip server */
 #define DEFAULT_CTL_SOCKET  "unixs:" RUN_DIR "/" NAME "_ctl"