diff --git a/programs/winetest/main.c b/programs/winetest/main.c
index cb2f23a161e..a05c8f9939b 100644
--- a/programs/winetest/main.c
+++ b/programs/winetest/main.c
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ static const char* get_test_source_file(const char* test, const char* subtest)
     static char buffer[MAX_PATH];
     int len = strlen(test);
 
-    if (len > 4 && !strcmp( test + len - 4, ".exe" ))
+    if (len > 4 && !strcmp( test + len - 4, ".exe" ) &&
+        strcmp( test, "ntoskrnl.exe" )) /* the one exception! */
     {
         len = sprintf(buffer, "programs/%s", test) - 4;
         buffer[len] = 0;