diff --git a/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc b/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc
index 154a86522..07fd89c63 100644
--- a/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc
+++ b/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc
@@ -374,20 +374,27 @@ TEST(Inotify, NonBlockingReadReturnsEagain) {
 
 TEST(Inotify, AddWatchOnInvalidFdFails) {
   // Garbage fd.
-  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(-1, "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS),
-              SyscallFailsWithErrno(EBADF));
-  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(1337, "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS),
-              SyscallFailsWithErrno(EBADF));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      inotify_add_watch(-1, GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(), IN_ALL_EVENTS),
+      SyscallFailsWithErrno(EBADF));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      inotify_add_watch(1337, GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(), IN_ALL_EVENTS),
+      SyscallFailsWithErrno(EBADF));
 
   // Non-inotify fds.
-  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(0, "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS),
-              SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
-  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(1, "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS),
-              SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
-  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(2, "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS),
-              SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
-  const FileDescriptor fd = ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(Open("/tmp", O_RDONLY));
-  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(fd.get(), "/tmp", IN_ALL_EVENTS),
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      inotify_add_watch(0, GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(), IN_ALL_EVENTS),
+      SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      inotify_add_watch(1, GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(), IN_ALL_EVENTS),
+      SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      inotify_add_watch(2, GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(), IN_ALL_EVENTS),
+      SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
+  const FileDescriptor fd = ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(
+      Open(GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(), O_RDONLY));
+  EXPECT_THAT(inotify_add_watch(fd.get(), GetAbsoluteTestTmpdir().c_str(),
+                                IN_ALL_EVENTS),
               SyscallFailsWithErrno(EINVAL));
 }