diff --git a/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh b/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh
index c5a7a5500cf467e938b9f98e75292d198648388a..e26dcd28f245e148384f4e487a77eeadebb6f464 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/recovery-small.sh
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ 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 50ca9f340028b858d6333b3d72dce2dc782f86ce..aa05069b376138391c03024a4d63682430a72ac0 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/replay-single.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ test_2a() {
 run_test 2a "touch"
 
 test_2b() {
-    ./mcreate $DIR/$tfile
+    mcreate $DIR/$tfile
     replay_barrier $SINGLEMDS
     touch $DIR/$tfile
     fail $SINGLEMDS