diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index 47253fec57208413a06dcf2d2a799e20852a704c..21eeb65943de8d1d6ceb0e2d5532255b822a62b4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -202,7 +202,14 @@ SYST=0
 REALT=0
 FAST_START=""
 MYSQL_TMP_DIR=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp
-SLAVE_LOAD_TMPDIR=../../var/tmp #needs to be same length to test logging
+
+# Use a relative path for where the slave will find the dumps
+# generated by "LOAD DATA" on the master. The path is relative
+# since it must have fixed length to test logging
+# i.e otherwise the output from "SHOW MASTER STATUS" will vary
+# with the strlen() of MYSQL_TEST_DIR
+SLAVE_LOAD_TMPDIR=../tmp
+
 RES_SPACE="      "
 MYSQLD_SRC_DIRS="strings mysys include extra regex myisam \
  myisammrg heap sql"