diff --git a/build/linux/processing b/build/linux/processing
index b8659a545..a1b019d63 100755
--- a/build/linux/processing
+++ b/build/linux/processing
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ APPDIR=`dirname "$APPDIR"`
 log APPDIR
 
 # Try using a local JDK from the same directory as this script
-JDKDIR=`readlink -f "$APPDIR/java"`
+JDKDIR=`readlink -f "$APPDIR/java"` && JDKDIR=`dirname "$JDKDIR"`/..
 make_jdkcp "$JDKDIR"
 log SUCCESS