diff --git a/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py b/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py
index 647ecb9fa2..aa99264719 100644
--- a/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py
+++ b/zephyr/lib/event_queue.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def gc_event_queues():
                     len(clients)))
 
 PERSISTENT_QUEUE_FILENAME = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                                         "..", "event_queues.pickle")
+                                         "..", "..", "event_queues.pickle")
 
 def dump_event_queues():
     start = time.time()