diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test b/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test
index 13773504fb0..42bf39890de 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ps_1general.test
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ prepare stmt1 from ' rename table t5 to t6, t7 to t8 ' ;
 create table t5 (a int) ;
 # rename must fail, t7 does not exist
 # Clean up the filename here because embedded server reports whole path
---replace_result \\ / $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR . /master-data/ "" t7.frm t7
+--replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR . master-data/ '' t7.frm t7
 --error 1017
 execute stmt1 ;
 create table t7 (a int) ;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/trigger.test b/mysql-test/t/trigger.test
index c7251040544..9f4634e1e17 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/trigger.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/trigger.test
@@ -1146,7 +1146,8 @@ write_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/master-data/test/t1_ai.TRN~;
 dummy
 EOF
 chmod 0000 $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/master-data/test/t1_ai.TRN~;
---replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR . master-data// ''
+# Normalize the datadir path; the embedded server doesn't chdir to datadir
+--replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR . master-data/ ''
 --error 1
 rename table t1 to t2;
 # 't1' should be still there and triggers should work correctly