diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index fc2178fb9a8ea2c4d29ee2fec1b191c44d700443..9e7f1833acfd50c460aaf589b21e924e00a3a733 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -3493,7 +3493,7 @@ setup_test102() {
 		done
 	done
 
-	cd ..
+	cd $DIR
 	star -c  f=$TMP/f102.tar $tdir 
 	SETUP_TEST102=yes
 }