diff --git a/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
index 1f80e6b106b2f9ec5ee7f2e202cb438f34fc9f50..c0b236079665fbd85032c501a9422119bd09a576 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ class TestRunCmd(testutils.GanetiTestCase):
 
   def tearDown(self):
     shutil.rmtree(self.fifo_tmpdir)
+    testutils.GanetiTestCase.tearDown(self)
 
   def testOk(self):
     """Test successful exit code"""