diff --git a/python/helpers/coverage_runner/run_coverage.py b/python/helpers/coverage_runner/run_coverage.py
index c9892d815929..f637d6e8d42c 100644
--- a/python/helpers/coverage_runner/run_coverage.py
+++ b/python/helpers/coverage_runner/run_coverage.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ for arg in sys.argv:
         argv.append(arg)
 sys.argv = argv
 
+cwd = os.getcwd()
 main()
 if run_cov:
+    os.chdir(cwd)
     main(["xml", "-o", coverage_file + ".xml", "--ignore-errors"])
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