diff --git a/src/rpc/protocol.cpp b/src/rpc/protocol.cpp
index 53001e959..527510b93 100644
--- a/src/rpc/protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/protocol.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static const std::string COOKIEAUTH_FILE = ".cookie";
 fs::path GetAuthCookieFile()
 {
     fs::path path(GetArg("-rpccookiefile", COOKIEAUTH_FILE));
-    if (!path.is_complete()) path = GetDataDir() / path;
+    if (!path.is_absolute()) path = GetDataDir() / path;
     return path;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 0f7a4db7a..0aa22af85 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ const fs::path &GetBackupDir()
 fs::path GetConfigFile(const std::string& confPath)
 {
     fs::path pathConfigFile(confPath);
-    if (!pathConfigFile.is_complete())
+    if (!pathConfigFile.is_absolute())
         pathConfigFile = GetDataDir(false) / pathConfigFile;
 
     return pathConfigFile;
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void ReadConfigFile(const std::string& confPath)
 fs::path GetPidFile()
 {
     fs::path pathPidFile(GetArg("-pid", BITCOIN_PID_FILENAME));
-    if (!pathPidFile.is_complete()) pathPidFile = GetDataDir() / pathPidFile;
+    if (!pathPidFile.is_absolute()) pathPidFile = GetDataDir() / pathPidFile;
     return pathPidFile;
 }