diff --git a/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h b/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h
index 12fe3e501..ae9b3f16e 100644
--- a/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h
+++ b/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ struct Genode::Root_directory : public  Vfs::Io_response_handler,
 	Root_directory(Env &env, Allocator &alloc, Xml_node config)
 	:
 		Vfs::Global_file_system_factory(alloc),
-		Vfs::Dir_file_system(env, alloc, config, *this, *this),
+		Vfs::Dir_file_system(env, alloc, config, *this, *this, Dir_file_system::Root()),
 		Directory(*this, env.ep(), alloc)
 	{ }