diff --git a/samples/mei/mei-amt-version.c b/samples/mei/mei-amt-version.c
index 33e67bd1dc34..32234481ad7d 100644
--- a/samples/mei/mei-amt-version.c
+++ b/samples/mei/mei-amt-version.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static bool mei_init(struct mei *me, const uuid_le *guid,
 
 	me->verbose = verbose;
 
-	me->fd = open("/dev/mei", O_RDWR);
+	me->fd = open("/dev/mei0", O_RDWR);
 	if (me->fd == -1) {
 		mei_err(me, "Cannot establish a handle to the Intel MEI driver\n");
 		goto err;