diff --git a/tests/configs/tgen-dram-ctrl.py b/tests/configs/tgen-dram-ctrl.py
index cd6721e6d..292c7e5b9 100644
--- a/tests/configs/tgen-dram-ctrl.py
+++ b/tests/configs/tgen-dram-ctrl.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ require_sim_object("CommMonitor")
 
 # even if this is only a traffic generator, call it cpu to make sure
 # the scripts are happy
-cpu = TrafficGen(config_file = "tests/quick/se/70.tgen/tgen-dram-ctrl.cfg")
+cpu = TrafficGen(
+    config_file=srcpath("tests/quick/se/70.tgen/tgen-dram-ctrl.cfg"))
 
 # system simulated
 system = System(cpu = cpu, physmem = DDR3_1600_x64(),
diff --git a/tests/configs/tgen-simple-mem.py b/tests/configs/tgen-simple-mem.py
index d128eb37d..815bc490c 100644
--- a/tests/configs/tgen-simple-mem.py
+++ b/tests/configs/tgen-simple-mem.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ require_sim_object("CommMonitor")
 
 # even if this is only a traffic generator, call it cpu to make sure
 # the scripts are happy
-cpu = TrafficGen(config_file = "tests/quick/se/70.tgen/tgen-simple-mem.cfg")
+cpu = TrafficGen(
+    config_file=srcpath("tests/quick/se/70.tgen/tgen-simple-mem.cfg"))
 
 # system simulated
 system = System(cpu = cpu, physmem = SimpleMemory(),