diff --git a/test-cargo-miri/run-test.py b/test-cargo-miri/run-test.py
index ec77875d4900..33664737709c 100755
--- a/test-cargo-miri/run-test.py
+++ b/test-cargo-miri/run-test.py
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ def test_cargo_miri_test():
         "test.stdout.ref2", "test.stderr.ref"
     )
 
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+
 test_cargo_miri_run()
 test_cargo_miri_test()
+
 print("TEST SUCCESSFUL!")
 sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index 77768cf03114..84f9c408dcba 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ echo
 # Test
 function run_tests {
   cargo test --release --all-features
-  (cd test-cargo-miri && ./run-test.py)
+  test-cargo-miri/run-test.py
 }
 
 echo "Test host architecture"