diff --git a/tests/run.yml b/tests/run.yml
index f5e8e8833a..45c66e12ba 100644
--- a/tests/run.yml
+++ b/tests/run.yml
@@ -455,7 +455,10 @@
                 executable: /bin/bash
                 chdir: "{{ kolla_ansible_src_dir }}"
               environment:
-                TENKS_VENV_PATH: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/tenks-venv"
+                # NOTE(yoctozepto): This is kolla-ansible-tenks-venv to avoid
+                # a conflict with the venv that Tenks creates by itself
+                # by default to ~/tenks-venv
+                TENKS_VENV_PATH: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/kolla-ansible-tenks-venv"
                 TENKS_SRC_PATH: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/src/opendev.org/openstack/tenks"
 
             - name: Run test-ironic.sh script