diff -Naur grpc-1.39.0-original/test/core/http/httpcli_test.cc grpc-1.39.0/test/core/http/httpcli_test.cc
--- grpc-1.39.0-original/test/core/http/httpcli_test.cc	2021-07-20 18:39:39.000000000 -0400
+++ grpc-1.39.0/test/core/http/httpcli_test.cc	2021-08-02 11:38:43.215629892 -0400
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@
         lslash = me + (lslash - me) - sizeof("http");
       }
       root = static_cast<char*>(
-          gpr_malloc(static_cast<size_t>(lslash - me + sizeof("/../.."))));
+          gpr_malloc(static_cast<size_t>(lslash - me + sizeof("/.."))));
       memcpy(root, me, static_cast<size_t>(lslash - me));
-      memcpy(root + (lslash - me), "/../..", sizeof("/../.."));
+      memcpy(root + (lslash - me), "/..", sizeof("/.."));
     } else {
       root = gpr_strdup(".");
     }
diff -Naur grpc-1.39.0-original/test/core/http/httpscli_test.cc grpc-1.39.0/test/core/http/httpscli_test.cc
--- grpc-1.39.0-original/test/core/http/httpscli_test.cc	2021-07-20 18:39:39.000000000 -0400
+++ grpc-1.39.0/test/core/http/httpscli_test.cc	2021-08-02 11:38:52.825572125 -0400
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@
       lslash = me + (lslash - me) - sizeof("http");
     }
     root = static_cast<char*>(
-        gpr_malloc(static_cast<size_t>(lslash - me + sizeof("/../.."))));
+        gpr_malloc(static_cast<size_t>(lslash - me + sizeof("/.."))));
     memcpy(root, me, static_cast<size_t>(lslash - me));
-    memcpy(root + (lslash - me), "/../..", sizeof("/../.."));
+    memcpy(root + (lslash - me), "/..", sizeof("/.."));
   } else {
     root = gpr_strdup(".");
   }