diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9c0c1ceb4..23b3aba4e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ compiler:
 before_script:
   - cd ../
   - git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git
-  - mkdir ../build-opencv
-  - cd ../build-opencv
+  - mkdir build-opencv
+  - cd build-opencv
   - cmake -DOPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../opencv_contrib/modules ../opencv
 script:
   - make -j5