diff --git a/src/unix/async.c b/src/unix/async.c
index 8265a43a..75a181bc 100644
--- a/src/unix/async.c
+++ b/src/unix/async.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int uv__async_start(uv_loop_t* loop) {
      * thus we create one for that, but this fd will not be actually used,
      * it's just a placeholder and magic number which is going to be closed
      * during the cleanup, as other FDs. */
-    err = uv__open_cloexec("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+    err = uv__open_cloexec("/", O_RDONLY);
     if (err < 0)
       return err;