diff --git a/simple-test.sh b/simple-test.sh
index 53dde4d..93ba06b 100755
--- a/simple-test.sh
+++ b/simple-test.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ function do_read_operations()
 }
 function cleanup()
 {
+    cd "$root_pwd"
     cat /proc/mounts | awk '$3 ~ /^simplefs$/ {print $2}' | xargs -r umount
     lsmod | grep -q simplefs && rmmod "$root_pwd/simplefs.ko"