diff --git a/ci/checksrc.sh b/ci/checksrc.sh
index 3de54115..80789f88 100755
--- a/ci/checksrc.sh
+++ b/ci/checksrc.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 set -e
 
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
 FILES="src/*.[ch] include/*.h example/*.c tests/*.[ch]"
 WHITELIST="-Wsrc/libssh2_config.h"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+# shellcheck disable=SC2248
 perl ./ci/checksrc.pl -i4 -m79 \
   -ASNPRINTF \
   -ACOPYRIGHT \