diff --git a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
index 4136dc2c59df..3e8d3669f0ce 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/scripts/gdb")
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/scripts/gdb")
 
 try:
     gdb.parse_and_eval("0")