diff --git a/buildscripts/smoke.py b/buildscripts/smoke.py
index e82030e5df8..b80598cb915 100755
--- a/buildscripts/smoke.py
+++ b/buildscripts/smoke.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def expandSuites(suites):
             raise Exception('unknown test suite %s' % suite)
 
         if globstr:
-            globstr = mongoRepo+('/jstests/' if globstr.endswith('.js') else '/')+globstr
+            globstr = mongoRepo+('jstests/' if globstr.endswith('.js') else '/')+globstr
             tests += [(path, usedb) for path in glob.glob(globstr)]
     return tests