diff --git a/test/libsinsp_e2e/sys_call_test.cpp b/test/libsinsp_e2e/sys_call_test.cpp
index bfd5ee56358..5dcfac11f5f 100644
--- a/test/libsinsp_e2e/sys_call_test.cpp
+++ b/test/libsinsp_e2e/sys_call_test.cpp
@@ -796,7 +796,9 @@ TEST_F(sys_call_test, quotactl_ok)
 	ret = system("rm -rf /tmp/testquotactl /tmp/testquotamnt");
 	// Setup a tmpdisk to test quotas
 	char command[] =
+	    "ls /tmp/ ; \n"
 	    "dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testquotactl bs=1M count=200 &&\n"
+	    "mount &&\n"
 	    "echo y | mkfs.ext4 -q /tmp/testquotactl &&\n"
 	    "mkdir -p /tmp/testquotamnt &&\n"
 	    "mount -o usrquota,grpquota,loop=/dev/loop0 /tmp/testquotactl /tmp/testquotamnt &&\n"