diff --git a/test/benchmark/lmbench-exec/run.sh b/test/benchmark/lmbench-exec/run.sh
index 339df926e..d7731142e 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/lmbench-exec/run.sh
+++ b/test/benchmark/lmbench-exec/run.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ set -e
 
 echo "*** Running the LMbench exec latency test ***"
 
+mkdir /tmp
+cp /benchmark/bin/lmbench/hello /tmp/
 /benchmark/bin/lmbench/lat_proc -P 1 exec
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diff --git a/test/benchmark/lmbench-shell/run.sh b/test/benchmark/lmbench-shell/run.sh
index acd64c446..a21da4b09 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/lmbench-shell/run.sh
+++ b/test/benchmark/lmbench-shell/run.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ set -e
 
 echo "*** Running the LMbench shell latency test ***"
 
+mkdir /tmp
+cp /benchmark/bin/lmbench/hello /tmp/
 /benchmark/bin/lmbench/lat_proc -P 1 shell
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