diff --git a/chromium/src/chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_linux.cc b/chromium/src/chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_linux.cc

--- a/chromium/src/chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_internal_linux.cc

+++ b/chromium/src/chrome/browser/first_run/first_run_internal_linux.cc

@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ namespace first_run {

 base::FilePath MasterPrefsPath() {

   // The standard location of the master prefs is next to the chrome binary.

   base::FilePath master_prefs;

-  if (!PathService::Get(base::DIR_EXE, &master_prefs))

-    return base::FilePath();

+  master_prefs = base::FilePath("/etc/chromium");

   return master_prefs.AppendASCII(installer::kDefaultMasterPrefs);

 }