diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index 4820f2ea20229a85951d23c33892586642f06c32..39c0bdcd51c5f4d4e728d2840231712d53516021 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@ setup_test102() {
 		done
 	done
 
-	cd ..
+	cd $DIR
 	star -c  f=$TMP/f102.tar $tdir 
 	SETUP_TEST102=yes
 }