diff --git a/ext/spl/tests/DirectoryIterator_by_reference.phpt b/ext/spl/tests/DirectoryIterator_by_reference.phpt
index 5352a5df18e..06127ec37b2 100644
--- a/ext/spl/tests/DirectoryIterator_by_reference.phpt
+++ b/ext/spl/tests/DirectoryIterator_by_reference.phpt
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Havard Eide <nucleuz@gmail.com>
 #PHPTestFest2009 Norway 2009-06-09 \o/
 --FILE--
 <?php
-$it = new DirectoryIterator("/tmp"); 
+$it = new DirectoryIterator(__DIR__); 
 foreach( $it as &$file ) {
 	echo $file . "\n";
 }
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Fatal error: An iterator cannot be used with foreach by reference in %s on line %d
\ No newline at end of file
+Fatal error: An iterator cannot be used with foreach by reference in %s on line %d