diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 0fdd6ee..5c331aa 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ sub run_chroot(&$) {
 
 	{
 	    move("$options->{root}/sbin/start-stop-daemon", "$options->{root}/sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL") or error "cannot move start-stop-daemon";
-	    open my $fh, '>', "$options->{root}/sbin/start-stop-daemon" or error "cannot open policy-rc.d: $!";
+	    open my $fh, '>', "$options->{root}/sbin/start-stop-daemon" or error "cannot open start-stop-daemon: $!";
 	    print $fh "#!/bin/sh\n";
 	    print $fh "echo \"Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing\">&2\n";
 	    close $fh;