diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/zvol/zvol_swap/zvol_swap_003_pos.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/zvol/zvol_swap/zvol_swap_003_pos.ksh
index a6a562cbb..256ca5324 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/zvol/zvol_swap/zvol_swap_003_pos.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/zvol/zvol_swap/zvol_swap_003_pos.ksh
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ log_onexit cleanup
 
 voldev=${ZVOL_DEVDIR}/$TESTPOOL/$TESTVOL
 VFSTAB_FILE=/etc/vfstab
-NEW_VFSTAB_FILE=/var/tmp/zvol_vfstab.$$
-PREV_VFSTAB_FILE=/var/tmp/zvol_vfstab.PREV.$$
+NEW_VFSTAB_FILE=$TEST_BASE_DIR/zvol_vfstab.$$
+PREV_VFSTAB_FILE=$TEST_BASE_DIR/zvol_vfstab.PREV.$$
 
 [[ -f $NEW_VFSTAB_FILE ]] && cp /dev/null $NEW_VFSTAB_FILE