diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Shell/CacheShellTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Shell/CacheShellTest.php
index 8225bdfa4a0..9a04a6acd1e 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Shell/CacheShellTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Shell/CacheShellTest.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function setUp()
         parent::setUp();
         $this->io = $this->getMockBuilder('Cake\Console\ConsoleIo')->getMock();
         $this->shell = new CacheShell($this->io);
-        Cache::config('test', ['engine' => 'File', 'path' => TMP]);
+        Cache::config('test', ['engine' => 'File', 'path' => TMP . 'cache']);
     }
 
     /**