diff --git a/t/pt-online-schema-change/pt-244.t b/t/pt-online-schema-change/pt-244.t
index fe71b5a5..763a31af 100644
--- a/t/pt-online-schema-change/pt-244.t
+++ b/t/pt-online-schema-change/pt-244.t
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ use Sandbox;
 use SqlModes;
 use File::Temp qw/ tempdir /;
 
-plan tests => 4;
+if ($sandbox_version lt '5.7') {
+    plan skip_all => 'This test needs MySQL 5.7+';
+} else {
+    plan tests => 4;
+}    
 
 require "$trunk/bin/pt-online-schema-change";
 
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ like(
 );
 
 
-my $db_dir="$new_dir/test/";
+my $db_dir="$new_dir";
 opendir(my $dh, $db_dir) || die "Can't opendir $db_dir: $!";
 my @files = grep { /^t3#P#p/  } readdir($dh);
 closedir $dh;