diff --git a/test/vhost/common.sh b/test/vhost/common.sh
index 7eec8804c..504330dd9 100644
--- a/test/vhost/common.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/common.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ set -e
 : ${SPDK_VHOST_VERBOSE=false}
 : ${QEMU_PREFIX="/usr/local/qemu/spdk-3.0.0"}
 
-BASE_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))
-SPDK_BUILD_DIR=$BASE_DIR/../../
+SPDK_BUILD_DIR=$rootdir
 
 TEST_DIR=$(readlink -f $SPDK_BUILD_DIR/..)
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ mkdir -p $TEST_DIR
 #
 # Source config describing QEMU and VHOST cores and NUMA
 #
-source $BASE_DIR/common/autotest.config
+source $rootdir/test/vhost/common/autotest.config
 
 function vhosttestinit()
 {