diff --git a/test/file.jl b/test/file.jl
index 9b19c86e85ce48..8b4dbe8018aec1 100644
--- a/test/file.jl
+++ b/test/file.jl
@@ -1911,10 +1911,12 @@ end
 @testset "pwd tests" begin
     mktempdir() do dir
         cd(dir) do
+            io = IOBuffer()
+            Base.repl_cmd(@cmd("cd"), io)
+            Base.repl_cmd(@cmd("cd -"), io)
             @test pwd() == dir
             rm(dir)
             @test_throws Base._UVError("pwd()", Base.UV_ENOENT) pwd()
-            io = IOBuffer()
             # pwd() throwing was causing this to error
             Base.repl_cmd(@cmd("cd ~"), io)
         end