diff -uNr a/core/utils.c b/core/utils.c
--- a/core/utils.c	2021-10-06 07:22:45.000000000 +0200
+++ b/core/utils.c	2022-01-23 12:19:10.715602147 +0100
@@ -593,6 +593,10 @@
 			uwsgi_error("chroot()");
 			exit(1);
 		}
+		if (chdir("/")) {
+			uwsgi_error("chdir()");
+			exit(1);
+		}
 		uwsgi.is_chrooted = 1;
 #ifdef __linux__
 		if (uwsgi.logging_options.memory_report) {