diff --git a/unit_tests/check_clamd.c b/unit_tests/check_clamd.c
index 2f526709a..df67c36ed 100644
--- a/unit_tests/check_clamd.c
+++ b/unit_tests/check_clamd.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void conn_teardown(void)
 #define CLEANREPLY CLEANFILE ": OK"
 #define UNKNOWN_REPLY "UNKNOWN COMMAND"
 
-#define NONEXISTENT PATHSEP "nonexistentfilename"
+#define NONEXISTENT PATHSEP "tmp" PATHSEP "nonexistentfilename"
 
 #define NONEXISTENT_REPLY NONEXISTENT ": File path check failure: No such file or directory. ERROR"