diff --git a/src/pulsecore/shm.c b/src/pulsecore/shm.c
index 694f971b4..3235393b3 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/shm.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/shm.c
@@ -62,16 +62,15 @@
 
 /* 1 GiB at max */
 #define MAX_SHM_SIZE (PA_ALIGN(1024*1024*1024))
+#define SHM_ID_LEN 10
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 /* On Linux we know that the shared memory blocks are files in
  * /dev/shm. We can use that information to list all blocks and
  * cleanup unused ones */
 #define SHM_PATH "/dev/shm/"
-#define SHM_ID_LEN 10
 #elif defined(__sun)
-#define SHM_PATH "/tmp"
-#define SHM_ID_LEN 15
+#define SHM_PATH "/tmp/.LIBRT/SHM"
 #else
 #undef SHM_PATH
 #undef SHM_ID_LEN
@@ -450,11 +449,7 @@ int pa_shm_cleanup(void) {
         char fn[128];
         struct shm_marker *m;
 
-#if defined(__sun)
-        if (strncmp(de->d_name, ".SHMDpulse-shm-", SHM_ID_LEN))
-#else
         if (strncmp(de->d_name, "pulse-shm-", SHM_ID_LEN))
-#endif
             continue;
 
         if (pa_atou(de->d_name + SHM_ID_LEN, &id) < 0)