diff --git a/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh b/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh
index e9160dfc1d..88be904c09 100755
--- a/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh
+++ b/t/t3000-ls-files-others.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'ls-files --others with symlinked submodule' '
 	) &&
 	(
 		cd super &&
-		"$TEST_DIRECTORY/../contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir" ../sub sub
+		"$SHELL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY/../contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir" ../sub sub
 		git ls-files --others --exclude-standard >../actual
 	) &&
 	echo sub/ >expect &&