diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/183 b/tests/qemu-iotests/183
index 04fb344d08..bced83fae0 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/183
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/183
@@ -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()
 {