diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
index 69fa28f0b..4d70bd83d 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -t $TEST_TRANSPOR
 # Test multi-process access to local NVMe device
 if [ -n "$local_nvme_trid" ]; then
 	if [ $SPDK_RUN_NON_ROOT -eq 1 ]; then
-		perf_app="sudo -u $(logname) $SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/perf"
+		perf_app="sudo -u $USER $SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/perf"
 	else
 		perf_app="$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/perf"
 	fi
diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_example.sh b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_example.sh
index 28045bc49..256295a87 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_example.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/nvmf_example.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
 
 function build_nvmf_example_args() {
 	if [ $SPDK_RUN_NON_ROOT -eq 1 ]; then
-		echo "sudo -u $(logname) $SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/nvmf -i $NVMF_APP_SHM_ID" -g 10000
+		echo "sudo -u $USER $SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/nvmf -i $NVMF_APP_SHM_ID" -g 10000
 	else
 		echo "$SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/nvmf -i $NVMF_APP_SHM_ID" -g 10000
 	fi