diff --git a/tests/guix-home.sh b/tests/guix-home.sh
index 3151f66683..11b068ca43 100644
--- a/tests/guix-home.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-home.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ container_supported ()
     fi
 }
 
-NIX_STORE_DIR="$(guile -c '(use-modules (guix config))(display %storedir)')"
 localstatedir="$(guile -c '(use-modules (guix config))(display %localstatedir)')"
+NIX_STORE_DIR="$(guile -c '(use-modules (guix config))(display %storedir)')"
 GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET="$localstatedir/guix/daemon-socket/socket"
 export NIX_STORE_DIR GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET
 
