diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index f3e77a8c22b454ac2c3d49e8cf33ca2633ec3b4b..9eb4e92901cff3790a6a9f85b85a333d93bb6389 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -3994,7 +3994,7 @@ 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
@@ -4018,7 +4018,7 @@ 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