diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c
index c1535b34f14fd59e1cced85a7bc946c37bf2856d..3489cc28343351aa0e160a3d67f513eca65f843b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_dev_cgroup.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #define DEV_CGROUP_PROG "./dev_cgroup.o"
 
-#define TEST_CGROUP "test-bpf-based-device-cgroup/"
+#define TEST_CGROUP "/test-bpf-based-device-cgroup/"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {