diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/TestLinuxContainerExecutorWithMocks.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/TestLinuxContainerExecutorWithMocks.java
index e7a333e..a110f10 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/TestLinuxContainerExecutorWithMocks.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/TestLinuxContainerExecutorWithMocks.java
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
     LinuxContainerRuntime linuxContainerRuntime;
     LinuxContainerRuntime mockLinuxContainerRuntime;
 
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.NM_LOG_DIRS, "src/test/resources");
     setupMockExecutor(MOCK_EXECUTOR, conf);
     linuxContainerRuntime = new DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime(
         PrivilegedOperationExecutor.getInstance(conf));
@@ -281,7 +282,8 @@
       Assert.assertEquals(result.get(13),
           "-Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties" );
       Assert.assertEquals(result.get(14),
-          "-Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=${yarn.log.dir}/userlogs/application_0/12345");
+          String.format("-Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=%s/application_0/12345",
+          mockExec.getConf().get(YarnConfiguration.NM_LOG_DIRS)));
       Assert.assertEquals(result.get(15),
           "-Dyarn.app.container.log.filesize=0");
       Assert.assertEquals(result.get(16), "-Dhadoop.root.logger=INFO,CLA");