diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 9f418b4881..0ee6042524 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ _filter_qom_path()
 # replace occurrences of the actual TEST_DIR value with TEST_DIR
 _filter_testdir()
 {
-    $SED -e "s#$TEST_DIR/#TEST_DIR/#g"
+    $SED -e "s#$TEST_DIR/#TEST_DIR/#g" \
+         -e "s#$SOCK_DIR/#SOCK_DIR/#g"
 }
 
 # replace occurrences of the actual IMGFMT value with IMGFMT
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ _filter_img_create()
     $SED -e "s#$REMOTE_TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$IMGPROTO:$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
+        -e "s#$SOCK_DIR#SOCK_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g" \
         -e 's#nbd:127.0.0.1:10810#TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT#g' \
         -e "s# encryption=off##g" \
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ _filter_img_info()
     $SED -e "s#$REMOTE_TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$IMGPROTO:$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
+        -e "s#$SOCK_DIR#SOCK_DIR#g" \
         -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g" \
         -e 's#nbd://127.0.0.1:10810$#TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT#g' \
         -e 's#json.*vdisk-id.*vxhs"}}#TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT#' \
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ _filter_nbd()
     $SED -e '/nbd\/.*\.c:/d' \
         -e 's#127\.0\.0\.1:[0-9]*#127.0.0.1:PORT#g' \
         -e "s#?socket=$TEST_DIR#?socket=TEST_DIR#g" \
+        -e "s#?socket=$SOCK_DIR#?socket=SOCK_DIR#g" \
         -e 's#\(foo\|PORT/\?\|.sock\): Failed to .*$#\1#'
 }