diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/autobahn/AutobahnTests.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/autobahn/AutobahnTests.java
index 9b1aaf40cfb..00bcd4e6da0 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/autobahn/AutobahnTests.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/autobahn/AutobahnTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class AutobahnTests
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AutobahnTests.class);
     private static final Path USER_DIR = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
+    private static final String CHOWN_REPORTS_CMD = "[ -d /target/reports ] && chown -R `stat -c '%u' /target/reports` /target/reports/*";
 
     private Path reportDir;
     private Path fuzzingServer;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class AutobahnTests
     {
         // We need to chown the generated test results so host has permissions to delete files generated by container.
         GenericContainer<?> container = new GenericContainer<>("crossbario/autobahn-testsuite:latest")
-            .withCommand("/bin/bash", "-c", "wstest -m fuzzingserver -s /config/fuzzingserver.json ; chown -R `stat -c '%u' /target/reports` /target/reports/*")
+            .withCommand("/bin/bash", "-c", "wstest -m fuzzingserver -s /config/fuzzingserver.json ; " + CHOWN_REPORTS_CMD)
             .withExposedPorts(9001)
             .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(LOG));
         container.addFileSystemBind(fuzzingServer.toString(), "/config/fuzzingserver.json", BindMode.READ_ONLY);
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public class AutobahnTests
 
         // We need to chown the generated test results so host has permissions to delete files generated by container.
         GenericContainer<?> container = new GenericContainer<>("crossbario/autobahn-testsuite:latest")
-            .withCommand("/bin/bash", "-c", "wstest -m fuzzingclient -s /config/fuzzingclient.json ; chown -R `stat -c '%u' /target/reports` /target/reports/*")
+            .withCommand("/bin/bash", "-c", "wstest -m fuzzingclient -s /config/fuzzingclient.json ; " + CHOWN_REPORTS_CMD)
             .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(LOG))
             .withStartupCheckStrategy(new OneShotStartupCheckStrategy().withTimeout(Duration.ofHours(1)));
         container.addFileSystemBind(fuzzingClient.toString(), "/config/fuzzingclient.json", BindMode.READ_ONLY);