diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index 4327ea7..fb6c091 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -603,11 +603,13 @@ sed -i -e "s|\.%{native_lisp}|%{native_lisp}|" *-filelist *-dirlist
 
 # remove exec permissions from eln files to prevent the debuginfo extractor from
 # trying to extract debuginfo from them
-find %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/ -name '*eln' -type f | xargs chmod -x
+find %{buildroot}%{native_lisp}/ -name '*.eln' -type f -print0 \
+    | xargs -0 chmod -x
 
 # ensure native files are newer than byte-code files
 # see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2157979#c11
-find %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/ -name '*eln' -type f | xargs touch
+find %{buildroot}%{native_lisp}/ -name '*.eln' -type f -print0 \
+    | xargs -0 touch
 
 export QA_SKIP_BUILD_ROOT=0