diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/181 b/tests/qemu-iotests/181
index e317e63422..378c2899d1 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/181
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/181
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ echo "QA output created by $seq"
 
 status=1	# failure is the default!
 
-MIG_SOCKET="${TEST_DIR}/migrate"
+MIG_SOCKET="${SOCK_DIR}/migrate"
 
 _cleanup()
 {