diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_checkpoint/pool_checkpoint.kshlib b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_checkpoint/pool_checkpoint.kshlib
index 54c3affb76..cac05b3926 100644
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_checkpoint/pool_checkpoint.kshlib
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_checkpoint/pool_checkpoint.kshlib
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function nested_wait_discard_finish
 # disks of the nested pool in a temporary directory where we can
 # reuse it for each test that requires that setup.
 #
-SAVEDPOOLDIR="/var/tmp/ckpoint_saved_pool"
+SAVEDPOOLDIR="$TEST_BASE_DIR/ckpoint_saved_pool"
 
 function test_group_premake_nested_pools
 {