diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
index f5bb8a0b7e..6aaaef5b46 100755
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 # apply patches directly to the file tree
 # used to fix issues from upstream source repos
 cd $basedir
-prepatchesdir="$workdir/pre-source-patches"
+prepatchesdir="$basedir/scripts/pre-source-patches"
 for file in $(ls $prepatchesdir)
 do
     if [ $file == "README.md" ]; then
diff --git a/work/pre-source-patches/README.md b/scripts/pre-source-patches/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from work/pre-source-patches/README.md
rename to scripts/pre-source-patches/README.md