diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 2726255ca..ee91132b6 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ function cov_pass {
   log_callout "[$(date)] Collecting coverage from e2e tests ..."
   # We don't pass 'gocov_build_flags' nor 'pkg_to_coverprofileflag' here,
   # as the coverage is collected from the ./bin/etcd_test & ./bin/etcdctl_test internally spawned.
-  mkdir -p "${COVERDIR}/e2e"
-  COVERDIR="${COVERDIR}/e2e" run_for_module "tests" go_test "./e2e/..." "keep_going" : -tags=cov -timeout 30m "$@" || failed="$failed tests_e2e"
-  split_dir "${COVERDIR}/e2e" 10
+  mkdir -p "${coverdir}/e2e"
+  COVERDIR="${coverdir}/e2e" run_for_module "tests" go_test "./e2e/..." "keep_going" : -tags=cov -timeout 30m "$@" || failed="$failed tests_e2e"
+  split_dir "${coverdir}/e2e" 10
 
   log_callout "[$(date)] Collecting coverage from e2e tests with proxy ..."
-  mkdir -p "${COVERDIR}/e2e_proxy"
-  COVERDIR="${COVERDIR}/e2e_proxy" run_for_module "tests" go_test "./e2e/..." "keep_going" : -tags="cov cluster_proxy" -timeout 30m "$@" || failed="$failed tests_e2e_proxy"
-  split_dir "${COVERDIR}/e2e_proxy" 10
+  mkdir -p "${coverdir}/e2e_proxy"
+  COVERDIR="${coverdir}/e2e_proxy" run_for_module "tests" go_test "./e2e/..." "keep_going" : -tags="cov cluster_proxy" -timeout 30m "$@" || failed="$failed tests_e2e_proxy"
+  split_dir "${coverdir}/e2e_proxy" 10
 
   local cover_out_file="${coverdir}/all.coverprofile"
   merge_cov "${coverdir}"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/etcd_spawn_cov.go b/tests/e2e/etcd_spawn_cov.go
index e71c752c7..3bfd8433d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/etcd_spawn_cov.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/etcd_spawn_cov.go
@@ -20,18 +20,22 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/fileutil"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/tests/v3/integration"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 const noOutputLineCount = 2 // cov-enabled binaries emit PASS and coverage count lines
 
+var (
+	coverDir = integration.MustAbsPath(os.Getenv("COVERDIR"))
+)
+
 func spawnCmd(args []string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, error) {
 	return spawnCmdWithLogger(zap.NewNop(), args)
 }
@@ -72,18 +76,12 @@ func spawnCmdWithLogger(lg *zap.Logger, args []string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, e
 }
 
 func getCovArgs() ([]string, error) {
-	coverPath := os.Getenv("COVERDIR")
-	if !filepath.IsAbs(coverPath) {
-		// COVERDIR is relative to etcd root but e2e test has its path set to be relative to the e2e folder.
-		// adding ".." in front of COVERDIR ensures that e2e saves coverage reports to the correct location.
-		coverPath = filepath.Join("../..", coverPath)
-	}
-	if !fileutil.Exist(coverPath) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find coverage folder")
+	if !fileutil.Exist(coverDir) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find coverage folder: %s", coverDir)
 	}
 	covArgs := []string{
 		fmt.Sprintf("-test.coverprofile=e2e.%v.coverprofile", time.Now().UnixNano()),
-		"-test.outputdir=" + coverPath,
+		"-test.outputdir=" + coverDir,
 	}
 	return covArgs, nil
 }