diff --git a/mysql-test/r/rpl_variables.result b/mysql-test/r/rpl_variables.result
index b6da7f76a6d..25b5ca13f77 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/rpl_variables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/rpl_variables.result
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Variable_name	Value
 slave_compressed_protocol	OFF
 show variables like 'slave_load_tmpdir';
 Variable_name	Value
-slave_load_tmpdir	MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/
+slave_load_tmpdir	SLAVE_LOAD_TMPDIR
 show variables like 'slave_skip_errors';
 Variable_name	Value
 slave_skip_errors	3,100,137,643,1752
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_variables.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_variables.test
index a4a6e69c845..ea40181ecd3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_variables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_variables.test
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set global sql_slave_skip_counter=100;
 
 # BUG #7800: Add various-slave related variables to SHOW VARIABLES
 show variables like 'slave_compressed_protocol';
---replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
+--replace_column 2 SLAVE_LOAD_TMPDIR
 show variables like 'slave_load_tmpdir';
 # We just set some arbitrary values in variables-master.opt so we can test
 # that a list of values works correctly