diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-spice-sasl.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-spice-sasl.x86_64-latest.args
index c32dd6acb6..bfdd2b6b5e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-spice-sasl.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-spice-sasl.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGNAME=test \
 XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
 XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/etc/sasl2 \
 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-sasl.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-sasl.x86_64-latest.args
index 24eb456aa3..7bb5a3a257 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-sasl.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-sasl.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGNAME=test \
 XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
 XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/etc/sasl2 \
 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-5.2.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-5.2.0.args
index fb3ebd8f5a..9e4e16b888 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-5.2.0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-5.2.0.args
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGNAME=test \
 XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
 XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/etc/sasl2 \
 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-latest.args
index da64a8effa..2bb1816d82 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls-secret.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGNAME=test \
 XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
 XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/etc/sasl2 \
 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls.x86_64-latest.args
index 244b4bed81..aa80f11bfa 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/graphics-vnc-tls.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGNAME=test \
 XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
 XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/etc/sasl2 \
 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 -name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
 -S \
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index dc85e56d7d..31fbb55b59 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -702,9 +702,9 @@ int qemuTestDriverInit(virQEMUDriver *driver)
     cfg->backupTLSx509certdir = g_strdup("/etc/pki/libvirt-backup");
 
     VIR_FREE(cfg->vncSASLdir);
-    cfg->vncSASLdir = g_strdup("/root/.sasl2");
+    cfg->vncSASLdir = g_strdup("/etc/sasl2");
     VIR_FREE(cfg->spiceSASLdir);
-    cfg->spiceSASLdir = g_strdup("/root/.sasl2");
+    cfg->spiceSASLdir = g_strdup("/etc/sasl2");
 
     VIR_FREE(cfg->spicePassword);
     cfg->spicePassword = g_strdup("123456");