diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index 20ab19033f..5f5bdd02a2 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
 	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_CROND_DIR
 	string
-	default "/var/spool/cron"
+	default "/etc"
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_CRONTAB
 	bool
 	default y