diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/configure-sbindir.patch b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/configure-sbindir.patch
index a5b1ff12e5..e475289f65 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/configure-sbindir.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/configure-sbindir.patch
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Signed-off-by: Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net>
 Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com
 Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
 
-Index: util-linux-2.22.1/configure.ac
+Index: util-linux-2.31/configure.ac
 ===================================================================
---- util-linux-2.22.1.orig/configure.ac
-+++ util-linux-2.22.1/configure.ac
-@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ AC_SUBST([localstatedir])
+--- util-linux-2.31.orig/configure.ac
++++ util-linux-2.31/configure.ac
+@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ AC_SUBST([runstatedir])
  usrbin_execdir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
  AC_SUBST([usrbin_execdir])
  
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ Index: util-linux-2.22.1/configure.ac
 +fi
  AC_SUBST([usrsbin_execdir])
  
- case $libdir in
+ AS_CASE([$libdir],