diff --git a/src/admin/admin.go b/src/admin/admin.go
index 7cca1bbb..0b9e5e71 100644
--- a/src/admin/admin.go
+++ b/src/admin/admin.go
@@ -238,27 +238,28 @@ func (a *AdminSocket) listen() {
 	if err == nil {
 		switch strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) {
 		case "unix":
-			if _, err := os.Stat(listenaddr[7:]); err == nil {
-				a.log.Debugln("Admin socket", listenaddr[7:], "already exists, trying to clean up")
-				if _, err := net.DialTimeout("unix", listenaddr[7:], time.Second*2); err == nil || err.(net.Error).Timeout() {
-					a.log.Errorln("Admin socket", listenaddr[7:], "already exists and is in use by another process")
+			file := strings.TrimPrefix(listenaddr, "unix://")
+			if _, err := os.Stat(file); err == nil {
+				a.log.Debugln("Admin socket", file, "already exists, trying to clean up")
+				if _, err := net.DialTimeout("unix", file, time.Second*2); err == nil || err.(net.Error).Timeout() {
+					a.log.Errorln("Admin socket", file, "already exists and is in use by another process")
 					os.Exit(1)
 				} else {
-					if err := os.Remove(listenaddr[7:]); err == nil {
-						a.log.Debugln(listenaddr[7:], "was cleaned up")
+					if err := os.Remove(file); err == nil {
+						a.log.Debugln(file, "was cleaned up")
 					} else {
-						a.log.Errorln(listenaddr[7:], "already exists and was not cleaned up:", err)
+						a.log.Errorln(file, "already exists and was not cleaned up:", err)
 						os.Exit(1)
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			a.listener, err = net.Listen("unix", listenaddr[7:])
+			a.listener, err = net.Listen("unix", file)
 			if err == nil {
-				switch listenaddr[7:8] {
+				switch file[:1] {
 				case "@": // maybe abstract namespace
 				default:
-					if err := os.Chmod(listenaddr[7:], 0660); err != nil {
-						a.log.Warnln("WARNING:", listenaddr[:7], "may have unsafe permissions!")
+					if err := os.Chmod(file, 0660); err != nil {
+						a.log.Warnln("WARNING:", file, "may have unsafe permissions!")
 					}
 				}
 			}