diff --git a/salt/utils/gitfs.py b/salt/utils/gitfs.py
index 1ec5dcf739ad..ecd67d977350 100644
--- a/salt/utils/gitfs.py
+++ b/salt/utils/gitfs.py
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ def linkdir_walk(self):
                     )
                 try:
                     # The linkdir itself goes at the beginning
-                    self._linkdir_walk.insert(0, (self._linkdirlinkdir, [parts[0]], []))
+                    self._linkdir_walk.insert(0, (self._linkdir, [parts[0]], []))
                 except IndexError:
                     pass
             return self._linkdir_walk