diff --git a/lib/fsext/trimpathseparator_test.go b/lib/fsext/trimpathseparator_test.go
index 38f6c6ed9c9..69faa161fa6 100644
--- a/lib/fsext/trimpathseparator_test.go
+++ b/lib/fsext/trimpathseparator_test.go
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ func TestTrimAferoPathSeparatorFs(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist))
 
-	err = afero.WriteFile(f, filepath.FromSlash("/path/to//somewhereelse"), expecteData, 0o644)
+	err = afero.WriteFile(f, filepath.FromSlash("/path/to//otherpath"), expecteData, 0o644)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	data, err = afero.ReadFile(m, "path/to/somewhereelse")
+	data, err = afero.ReadFile(m, "path/to/otherpath")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, expecteData, data)
 }