diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index 6484ee5a01982234206ad1a4405af04d4dbcef04..e3cbf8f0df4a1a3ff378ad783dbe4e4f20a97742 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -3900,7 +3900,7 @@ compare_stripe_info1() {
 			do
 				local size=`expr $STRIPE_SIZE \* $num`
 				local file=file"$num-$offset-$count"
-				get_stripe_info client $file
+				get_stripe_info client $PWD/$file
 				if [ $stripe_size -ne $size ]; then
 					error "$file: different stripe size" && return
 				fi
@@ -3924,7 +3924,7 @@ compare_stripe_info2() {
 			do
 				local size=`expr $STRIPE_SIZE \* $num`
 				local file=file"$num-$offset-$count"
-				get_stripe_info client $file
+				get_stripe_info client $PWD/$file
 				if [ $stripe_size -ne $size ]; then
 					error "$file: different stripe size" && return	
 				fi