diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh
index 7936e4611..5778c4102 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/fio.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 function running_config() {
 	# generate a config file from the running iscsi_tgt
 	#  running_config.sh will leave the file at /tmp/iscsi.conf
-	$testdir/running_config.sh
+	$testdir/running_config.sh $pid
 	sleep 1
 
 	# now start iscsi_tgt again using the generated config file
diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/running_config.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/running_config.sh
index 796132408..d2bbcecf6 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/running_config.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/fio/running_config.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,20 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$0 must be run as root"
-	exit 1
-fi
+pid="$1"
 
-if [ ! -f /var/run/iscsi.pid.0 ]; then
-	echo "ids is not running"
+if [[ -z "$pid" ]]; then
+	echo "usage: $0 pid"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 # delete any existing temporary iscsi.conf files
 rm -f /tmp/iscsi.conf.*
 
-kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/iscsi.pid.0`
+kill -USR1 "$pid"
 
 if [ ! -f `ls /tmp/iscsi.conf.*` ]; then
-	echo "ids did not generate config file"
+	echo "iscsi_tgt did not generate config file"
 	exit 1
 fi