diff --git a/test/nvmf/target/nvme_cli.sh b/test/nvmf/target/nvme_cli.sh
index 7cef32179..29359689b 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/target/nvme_cli.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/target/nvme_cli.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ if [ -z "${DEPENDENCY_DIR}" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-spdk_nvme_cli="${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/nvme-cli"
-
 MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
 MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
 
@@ -54,21 +52,22 @@ done
 
 nvme disconnect -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1"
 
-if [ -d $spdk_nvme_cli ]; then
-	# Test spdk/nvme-cli NVMe-oF commands: discover, connect and disconnect
-	cd $spdk_nvme_cli
-	sed -i 's/shm_id=.*/shm_id=-1/g' spdk.conf
-	./nvme discover -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s "$NVMF_PORT"
-	nvme_num_before_connection=$(get_nvme_devs 2>&1 || echo 0)
-	./nvme connect -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1" -a "$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP" -s "$NVMF_PORT"
-	sleep 1
-	nvme_num=$(get_nvme_devs 2>&1)
-	./nvme disconnect -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1"
-	if [ $nvme_num -le $nvme_num_before_connection ]; then
-		echo "spdk/nvme-cli connect target devices failed"
-		exit 1
-	fi
+# Test spdk/nvme-cli NVMe-oF commands: discover, connect and disconnect
+nvme_cli_build
+pushd "${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/nvme-cli"
+
+sed -i 's/shm_id=.*/shm_id=-1/g' spdk.conf
+./nvme discover -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -a $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP -s "$NVMF_PORT"
+nvme_num_before_connection=$(get_nvme_devs 2>&1 || echo 0)
+./nvme connect -t $TEST_TRANSPORT -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1" -a "$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP" -s "$NVMF_PORT"
+sleep 1
+nvme_num=$(get_nvme_devs 2>&1)
+./nvme disconnect -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1"
+if [ $nvme_num -le $nvme_num_before_connection ]; then
+	echo "spdk/nvme-cli connect target devices failed"
+	exit 1
 fi
+popd
 
 $rpc_py nvmf_delete_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1
 trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT