diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/unlink_variation8-win32.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/unlink_variation8-win32.phpt
index 5348676e403..3ad7ff2c640 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/unlink_variation8-win32.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/unlink_variation8-win32.phpt
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ echo "*** Testing unlink() : variation ***\n";
 
 $workDir = "unlinkVar8.tmp";
 $tmpFile = "file.tmp";
+chdir(__DIR__);
 mkdir($workDir);
-$cwd = getcwd();
+$cwd = __DIR__;
 
 $files = array(
              // relative
@@ -109,4 +110,4 @@ Warning: unlink(%s/unlinkVar8.tmp/file.tmp/): Invalid argument in %s on line %d
 file removed
 -- removing %s//unlinkVar8.tmp//file.tmp --
 file removed
-===DONE===
\ No newline at end of file
+===DONE===