diff --git a/nixos/tests/bootspec.nix b/nixos/tests/bootspec.nix
index 077dff918e0d..f388a15ffa2d 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/bootspec.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/bootspec.nix
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ in
       machine.start()
       machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
 
-      machine.succeed("test -e /run/current-system/bootspec/boot.json")
+      machine.succeed("test -e /run/current-system/boot.json")
 
-      bootspec = json.loads(machine.succeed("jq -r '.v1' /run/current-system/bootspec/boot.json"))
+      bootspec = json.loads(machine.succeed("jq -r '.v1' /run/current-system/boot.json"))
 
       assert all(key in bootspec for key in ('initrd', 'initrdSecrets')), "Bootspec should contain initrd or initrdSecrets field when initrd is enabled"
     '';