diff --git a/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh b/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh
index f927fb683a894a9ad95d10e91c9fc746ec94bf2b..e26ce10c0f51acd762d3a60111c46f24d8d2032a 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ run_test 52 "failover OST under load"
 # test of open reconstruct
 test_53() {
 	touch $DIR/$tfile
-	drop_ldlm_reply "./openfile -f O_RDWR:O_CREAT -m 0755 $DIR/$tfile" ||\
+	drop_ldlm_reply "openfile -f O_RDWR:O_CREAT -m 0755 $DIR/$tfile" ||\
 		return 2
 }
 run_test 53 "touch: drop rep"
diff --git a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
index f7e260492d2e84d30daeec37429d4f475221eb0e..610aa035c459f0361b5a1a6c8866de677bb83e16 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ test_2a() {
 run_test 2a "touch"
 
 test_2b() {
-    ./mcreate $DIR/$tfile
+    mcreate $DIR/$tfile
     replay_barrier mds
     touch $DIR/$tfile
     fail mds