diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/binlog/t/binlog_tmp_table.test b/mysql-test/suite/binlog/t/binlog_tmp_table.test
index 961ac03e873..6947959a5e0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/binlog/t/binlog_tmp_table.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/binlog/t/binlog_tmp_table.test
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ drop table foo;
 create table foo (a int);
 
 # replay from binary log
-exec $MYSQL_BINLOG $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/log/master-bin.000002 | $MYSQL;
+let $MYSQLD_DATADIR= `select @@datadir`;
+exec $MYSQL_BINLOG $MYSQLD_DATADIR/master-bin.000002 | $MYSQL;
 select * from foo;
 
 # clean up