diff --git a/test/sequential/test-init.js b/test/sequential/test-init.js
index 3c3653521d6fd3..1f1679b5e149f8 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-init.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-init.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function test(file, expected) {
 
 {
   // test-init-index is in fixtures dir as requested by ry, so go there
-  process.chdir(common.fixturesDir);
+  process.chdir(fixtures.path());
   test('test-init-index', 'Loaded successfully!');
 }