diff --git a/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/tests/suite/landlock.rs b/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/tests/suite/landlock.rs
index d5b338599b..374c50a3f5 100644
--- a/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/tests/suite/landlock.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/linux-sandbox/tests/suite/landlock.rs
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ async fn sandbox_blocks_explicit_split_policy_carveouts_under_bwrap() {
         },
         FileSystemSandboxEntry {
             path: FileSystemPath::Path {
-                path: AbsolutePathBuf::try_from(sandbox_helper_dir.as_path())
-                    .expect("absolute helper dir"),
+                path: AbsolutePathBuf::relative_to_current_dir(sandbox_helper_dir.as_path())
+                    .expect("helper dir"),
             },
             access: FileSystemAccessMode::Read,
         },
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ async fn sandbox_reenables_writable_subpaths_under_unreadable_parents() {
         },
         FileSystemSandboxEntry {
             path: FileSystemPath::Path {
-                path: AbsolutePathBuf::try_from(sandbox_helper_dir.as_path())
-                    .expect("absolute helper dir"),
+                path: AbsolutePathBuf::relative_to_current_dir(sandbox_helper_dir.as_path())
+                    .expect("helper dir"),
             },
             access: FileSystemAccessMode::Read,
         },