diff --git a/tests/psoc6/run_psoc6_tests.sh b/tests/psoc6/run_psoc6_tests.sh
index 061901c8de282..0d3bd61fd8f4e 100755
--- a/tests/psoc6/run_psoc6_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/psoc6/run_psoc6_tests.sh
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ if [ ${fs} -eq 1 ]; then
 
   echo "  running filesystem tests ... "
   echo
-  MPREMOTE="../../tools/mpremote/mpremote.py"
 
   ./run-tests.py --target psoc6 --device ${device0} \
          \
@@ -264,6 +263,7 @@ if [ ${fs} -eq 1 ]; then
   echo " attempting to save different test files in flash  "
   echo
   echo " saving test_fs_small_file.txt to FS - (size : 10KB) "
+  MPREMOTE="../../tools/mpremote/mpremote.py"
   command_output=$(python3 ${MPREMOTE} fs cp test_inputs/test_fs_small_file.txt :/)
   exp_output="cp test_inputs/test_fs_small_file.txt :/"
   if [ "$command_output" != "$exp_output" ]; then