diff --git a/tool/run/boot_dir/hw b/tool/run/boot_dir/hw
index f1f5ec9393..8c846c1194 100644
--- a/tool/run/boot_dir/hw
+++ b/tool/run/boot_dir/hw
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ proc run_boot_dir {binaries} {
 
 	# install image.elf file in TFTP directory for PXE boot
 	if {[expr [have_spec arm] || [have_spec arm_64]] && [have_include "load/tftp"]} {
-		exec {*}[load_tftp_inst_cmd] [run_dir]/boot/image.elf [load_tftp_base_dir][load_tftp_offset_dir]
+		exec {*}[load_tftp_inst_cmd] [pwd]/[run_dir]/boot/image.elf [load_tftp_base_dir][load_tftp_offset_dir]
 
 		if {[have_include "image/uboot"]} {
 			exec {*}[load_tftp_inst_cmd] [pwd]/[run_dir]/uImage [load_tftp_base_dir][load_tftp_offset_dir]