diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
index 15924e279..6f657f850 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=irqbalance
 PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=9
+PKG_RELEASE:=10
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init b/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init
index 638dcb39f..0f587e158 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ start_service() {
 	config_get_bool enabled irqbalance enabled 0
 	[ "$enabled" -gt 0 ] || return 0
 
+	mkdir -p /var/run/irqbalance
+
 	# 10 is the default
 	config_get interval irqbalance interval 10
 
diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6429f1678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/irqbalance.h
++++ b/irqbalance.h
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
+ #endif /* HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD */
+ 
+ #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
+-#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance/"
++#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run/irqbalance/"
+ 
+ #endif /* __INCLUDE_GUARD_IRQBALANCE_H_ */
+ 
+--- a/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
++++ b/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+ #include <glib-unix.h>
+ 
+ #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
+-#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance"
++#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run/irqbalance"
+ 
+ #define STATS "stats"
+ #define SET_SLEEP "settings sleep "