diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/post_tests_python.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/post_tests_python.sh
index 071e81af7d6..bca9b20ecc2 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/post_tests_python.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/post_tests_python.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -ex
 if [ "$CONFIG" != "gcov" ] ; then exit ; fi
 
 # change to directory of Python coverage files
-cd $(dirname $0)/../../../src/python/grpcio_tests/
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../../src/python/grpcio_tests/"
 
 coverage combine .
 coverage html -i -d ./../../../reports/python