diff --git a/test/nvme/perf/common.sh b/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
index c78a5255e..b8ed918d4 100755
--- a/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 BASE_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 ROOT_DIR=$(readlink -f $BASE_DIR/../../..)
+rootdir=$ROOT_DIR
 PLUGIN_DIR_NVME=$ROOT_DIR/examples/nvme/fio_plugin
 PLUGIN_DIR_BDEV=$ROOT_DIR/examples/bdev/fio_plugin
 BDEVPERF_DIR=$ROOT_DIR/test/bdev/bdevperf