diff --git a/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig b/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig
index 99b13f75fd..4a7635e533 100644
--- a/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/libs/libc/misc/Kconfig
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config LIBC_ENVPATH
 		Use the contents of the common environment variable to locate executable
 		or library files.  Default: n
 
-config MEM_FD_VFS_PATH
+config LIBC_MEM_FD_VFS_PATH
 	string "Relative path to memfd storage"
 	default "memfd"
 	depends on FS_TMPFS
diff --git a/libs/libc/misc/lib_memfd.c b/libs/libc/misc/lib_memfd.c
index 1f05fe5ea8..8675d33e43 100644
--- a/libs/libc/misc/lib_memfd.c
+++ b/libs/libc/misc/lib_memfd.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
  * Pre-processor Definitions
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-#define MEM_FD_VFS_PATH CONFIG_LIBC_TMPDIR "/" CONFIG_MEM_FD_VFS_PATH "/%s"
+#define LIBC_MEM_FD_VFS_PATH \
+          CONFIG_LIBC_TMPDIR "/" CONFIG_LIBC_MEM_FD_VFS_PATH "/%s"
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Functions
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ int memfd_create(FAR const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_TMPFS
   char path[PATH_MAX];
 
-  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MEM_FD_VFS_PATH, name);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), LIBC_MEM_FD_VFS_PATH, name);
   return open(path, O_RDWR | flags);
 #else
   set_errno(ENOSYS);