diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
index 402ad397858..8e6ef01d8f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/drivers/in_tree.go
@@ -1228,8 +1228,8 @@ func (l *localDriver) PrepareTest(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) *
 	// tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,inode64)
 	// This prevents scripts and binaries from being executed from the /tmp directory.
 	// This can cause errors like "Permission denied" when executing files from `/tmp`.
-	// To pass the test that verifies the execution of files on a volume, we use `/var/tmp` instead of `/tmp`.
-	l.ltrMgr = utils.NewLocalResourceManager("local-driver", l.hostExec, "/var/tmp")
+	// To pass the test that verifies the execution of files on a volume, we use `/var` instead of `/tmp`.
+	l.ltrMgr = utils.NewLocalResourceManager("local-driver", l.hostExec, "/var")
 
 	// This can't be done in SkipUnsupportedTest because the test framework is not initialized yet
 	if l.volumeType == utils.LocalVolumeGCELocalSSD {