diff --git a/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel
index 12cbbee..04a3049 100644
--- a/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         "//third_party:firmware",
     ],
     symlinks = {
-        "/ephemeral/machine-id": "/etc/machine-id",
+        "/etc/machine-id": "/ephemeral/machine-id",
     },
 )