diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/205 b/tests/qemu-iotests/205
index 76f6c5fa2bda..4bb2c21e8bcc 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/205
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/205
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import iotests
 import time
 from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, filter_qemu_io, QemuIoInteractive
 
-nbd_sock = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, 'nbd_sock')
+nbd_sock = os.path.join(iotests.sock_dir, 'nbd_sock')
 nbd_uri = 'nbd+unix:///exp?socket=' + nbd_sock
 disk = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, 'disk')