diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits-through-proxy b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits-through-proxy
index 6b909f6..5ba72b7 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits-through-proxy
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits-through-proxy
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 ssh $remote "
   for other in ${others//$'\n'/ } ; do
     echo \"Pushing to \$other ...\";
-    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null $ONOS_TAR $ONOS_USER@\$other:$ONOS_TAR
+    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
+        /tmp/\$(basename $ONOS_TAR) \
+        $ONOS_USER@\$other:/tmp/\$(basename $ONOS_TAR)
   done
 "