diff --git a/tests/rm/r-1 b/tests/rm/r-1
index 2a0929e14..afd21e2f8 100755
--- a/tests/rm/r-1
+++ b/tests/rm/r-1
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ EOF
 # Compare expected and actual output.
 cmp $tmp/$test.E $tmp/$test.O || fail=1
 
-rm -rf $dir
+rm -rf $tmp
 
 exit $fail