diff --git a/tools/quartus/run_regtest_synth b/tools/quartus/run_regtest_synth
index df6ec3ae36a2a128d08abff1acc419477642fc1c..d1d5a62098fcb54e8adc748e4ee3f0d3ac36c1b0 100755
--- a/tools/quartus/run_regtest_synth
+++ b/tools/quartus/run_regtest_synth
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SVN_DIR=${HOME}/SVN_$(date -d "today" +"%Y%m%d")
 unb_info $0 "Copying local SVN dir to ${SVN_DIR}"
 unb_exec $0 cp -r ${SVN}/ ${SVN_DIR}
 export SVN=${SVN_DIR}
+SVN=${SVN_DIR}
 
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 # Disable exit on unb_error (used in unb_exec)