diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index b88e9cf68b4..4030fc0250e 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function execute_tests {
 	cd $BASEDIR
 
 	# revert changes to tests/data
-	git checkout tests/data/*
+	git checkout tests/data
 
 	# reset data directory
 	rm -rf $DATADIR