diff --git a/test/shell/fsadm-renamed.sh b/test/shell/fsadm-renamed.sh
index ed7b7436f..7f3a9fd75 100644
--- a/test/shell/fsadm-renamed.sh
+++ b/test/shell/fsadm-renamed.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ mount_dir="mnt"
 mount_space_dir="mnt space dir"
 mount_dolar_dir="mnt \$SPACE dir"
 # for recursive call
-export LVM_BINARY=$(which lvm)
+LVM_BINARY=$(which lvm)
+export LVM_BINARY
 
 test ! -d "$mount_dir" && mkdir "$mount_dir"
 test ! -d "$mount_space_dir" && mkdir "$mount_space_dir"
diff --git a/test/shell/fsadm.sh b/test/shell/fsadm.sh
index 351a179ba..fed7eb411 100644
--- a/test/shell/fsadm.sh
+++ b/test/shell/fsadm.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ dev_vg_lv2="$DM_DEV_DIR/$vg_lv2"
 mount_dir="mnt"
 mount_space_dir="mnt space dir"
 # for recursive call
-export LVM_BINARY=$(which lvm)
+LVM_BINARY=$(which lvm)
+export LVM_BINARY
 
 test ! -d "$mount_dir" && mkdir "$mount_dir"
 test ! -d "$mount_space_dir" && mkdir "$mount_space_dir"
diff --git a/test/shell/lvresize-full.sh b/test/shell/lvresize-full.sh
index b518bb751..c49778149 100644
--- a/test/shell/lvresize-full.sh
+++ b/test/shell/lvresize-full.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ SKIP_WITH_LVMPOLLD=1
 FSCK=${FSCK-fsck}
 MKFS=${MKFS-mkfs.ext3}
 RESIZEFS=${RESIZEFS-resize2fs}
-export LVM_BINARY=$(which lvm)
+LVM_BINARY=$(which lvm)
+export LVM_BINARY
 
 which $FSCK || skip
 which $MKFS || skip