diff --git a/test/common/applications.sh b/test/common/applications.sh
index 25d5ff801..3c5121911 100644
--- a/test/common/applications.sh
+++ b/test/common/applications.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ _root=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
 _root=${_root%/test/common}
 _app_dir=$_root/build/bin
 _test_app_dir=$_root/test/app
+_examples_dir=$_root/build/examples
 
 VHOST_FUZZ_APP=("$_test_app_dir/fuzz/vhost_fuzz/vhost_fuzz")
 ISCSI_APP=("$_app_dir/iscsi_tgt")
diff --git a/test/nvme/perf/common.sh b/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
index 93f3ccad6..b67794f8b 100755
--- a/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ function run_bdevperf() {
 	fi
 
 	echo "** Running bdevperf test, this can take a while, depending on the run-time setting."
-	$bdevperf_dir/bdevperf --json $testdir/bdev.conf -q $IODEPTH -o $BLK_SIZE -w $RW -M $MIX -t $RUNTIME -m "[$CPUS_ALLOWED]" -r "$rpc_socket" $main_core_param -z &
+	$_examples_dir/bdevperf --json $testdir/bdev.conf -q $IODEPTH -o $BLK_SIZE -w $RW -M $MIX -t $RUNTIME -m "[$CPUS_ALLOWED]" -r "$rpc_socket" $main_core_param -z &
 	bdevperf_pid=$!
 	waitforlisten $bdevperf_pid
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ function run_nvmeperf() {
 	echo "** Running nvme perf test, this can take a while, depending on the run-time setting."
 
 	# Run command in separate shell as this solves quoting issues related to r_opt var
-	$SHELL -c "$nvmeperf_dir/perf $r_opt -q $IODEPTH -o $BLK_SIZE -w $RW -M $MIX -t $RUNTIME -c [$CPUS_ALLOWED]"
+	$SHELL -c "$_examples_dir/perf $r_opt -q $IODEPTH -o $BLK_SIZE -w $RW -M $MIX -t $RUNTIME -c [$CPUS_ALLOWED]"
 	sleep 1
 }
 
diff --git a/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh b/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh
index 34798f31d..daa50f2ee 100755
--- a/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ set -e
 testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
 plugin_dir=$rootdir/build/fio
-bdevperf_dir=$rootdir/examples/bdev/bdevperf
-nvmeperf_dir=$rootdir/build/examples
 source $testdir/common.sh
 source $rootdir/scripts/common.sh || exit 1
 source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh