diff --git a/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh b/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh
index dc496251c..5808c5129 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ GCC_VERSION='11'
 CLANG_VERSION='16'
 BUILD_COMMAND='make -j2'
 SCRIPT_LOCATION=$(dirname "$0")
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath $SCRIPT_LOCATION)
 
 . /etc/os-release
 
@@ -196,10 +197,10 @@ unzip -q ${FDB_VERSION}.zip
 
 message "Patching sources"
 cd foundationdb-${FDB_VERSION}
-ls ${SCRIPT_LOCATION}
+ls ${SCRIPT_PATH}
 ls
 pwd
-patch -p1 -i ${SCRIPT_LOCATION}/mariadb_foundationdb-${FDB_VERSION}_gcc.patch
+patch -p1 -i ${SCRIPT_PATH}/mariadb_foundationdb-${FDB_VERSION}_gcc.patch
 cd -