diff --git a/pkg/pillar/types/locationconsts.go b/pkg/pillar/types/locationconsts.go
index c254716726..5425081316 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/types/locationconsts.go
+++ b/pkg/pillar/types/locationconsts.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const (
 	// PillarHardMemoryLimitFile - hard memory reserved for pillar
 	PillarHardMemoryLimitFile = "/hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/eve/services/pillar/memory.limit_in_bytes"
 	// EveMemoryLimitFile - stores memory reserved for eve
-	EveMemoryLimitFile = "/hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/eve/memory.soft_limit_in_bytes"
+	EveMemoryLimitFile = "/hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/eve/memory.limit_in_bytes"
 	// EveMemoryUsageFile - current usage
 	EveMemoryUsageFile = "/hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/eve/memory.usage_in_bytes"
 	// EveKmemUsageFile - current kernel usage