diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh
index 028ffe4a05c066c112655822a351b64ed80f9c99..cc4b97dd535d42d92c2eb839bd5d00701984c0bc 100755
--- a/t/t7810-grep.sh
+++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh
@@ -791,12 +791,12 @@ test_expect_success 'outside of git repository' '
 	} >non/expect.full &&
 	echo file2:world >non/expect.sub &&
 	(
-		GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES="$(pwd)/non/git" &&
+		GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES="$(pwd)/non" &&
 		export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES &&
 		cd non/git &&
 		test_must_fail git grep o &&
 		git grep --no-index o >../actual.full &&
-		test_cmp ../expect.full ../actual.full
+		test_cmp ../expect.full ../actual.full &&
 		cd sub &&
 		test_must_fail git grep o &&
 		git grep --no-index o >../../actual.sub &&
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ test_expect_success 'outside of git repository' '
 
 	echo ".*o*" >non/git/.gitignore &&
 	(
-		GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES="$(pwd)/non/git" &&
+		GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES="$(pwd)/non" &&
 		export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES &&
 		cd non/git &&
 		test_must_fail git grep o &&
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ test_expect_success 'outside of git repository' '
 		test_cmp ../expect.full ../actual.full &&
 
 		{
-			echo ".gitignore:.*o*"
+			echo ".gitignore:.*o*" &&
 			cat ../expect.full
 		} >../expect.with.ignored &&
 		git grep --no-index --no-exclude o >../actual.full &&