diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
index 0e4f9a6ec3..c1208d55e0 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "kmod-native depmodwrapper-cross"
 
-modulesloaddir ??= "${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d"
-modprobedir ??= "${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d"
+modulesloaddir ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '${nonarch_libdir}', '${sysconfdir}', d)}/modules-load.d"
+modprobedir ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '${nonarch_base_libdir}', '${sysconfdir}', d)}/modprobe.d"
 
 KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES ?= "1"
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS =+ "split_kernel_module_packages"