diff --git a/tests/ci/Makefile b/tests/ci/Makefile
--- a/tests/ci/Makefile
+++ b/tests/ci/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
 .endif
 
 CLEANFILES+=	${.OBJDIR}/${CIIMAGE} ${.OBJDIR}/ci.img ${META_TAR}
-CLEANDIRS+=	${.OBJDIR}/ci-buildimage
+IMAGEDIR=	${.OBJDIR}/ci-buildimage
+CLEANDIRS+=	${IMAGEDIR}
 
 portinstall: portinstall-pkg portinstall-qemu portinstall-expect portinstall-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} .PHONY
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
 .endif
 
 beforeclean: .PHONY
-	chflags -R noschg ${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET}
+	chflags -R noschg ${IMAGEDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.obj.mk>
 clean: beforeclean .PHONY