diff --git a/test/tap/bin-overwriting.js b/test/tap/bin-overwriting.js
index f5bbeca5748f4..faaa78745a742 100644
--- a/test/tap/bin-overwriting.js
+++ b/test/tap/bin-overwriting.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const readBin = bin => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     if (er) {
       reject(er)
     } else {
-      resolve(path.resolve(pkg + '/global/bin', target))
+      resolve(path.resolve(path.dirname(bin), target))
     }
   })
 })