diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index 8d1bb59453a..73ad95ea3c6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ def _create_and_do_getcwd(dirname, current_path_length = 0):
                 _create_and_do_getcwd(dirname)
 
             finally:
-                support.rmtree(base_path)
                 os.chdir(curdir)
+                support.rmtree(base_path)
 
 
 def test_main():