diff --git a/.github/scripts/remote-run-firesim-scala-tests.sh b/.github/scripts/remote-run-firesim-scala-tests.sh
index 6fe52586..1b75d29f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/remote-run-firesim-scala-tests.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/remote-run-firesim-scala-tests.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export PATH="$RISCV/bin:$PATH"
 # This would generally be handled by build-setup.sh/firesim-setup.sh
 REMOTE_FIRESIM_SYSROOT=$REMOTE_FIRESIM_DIR/lib-install
 
+cd $REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR
 ./scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh --skip-validate
 cd $REMOTE_CHIPYARD_DIR/sims/firesim/sim/firesim-lib/src/main/cc/lib
 git submodule update --init elfutils libdwarf