diff --git a/include/tests_homedirs b/include/tests_homedirs
index 9b8c9c64..4830b9a3 100644
--- a/include/tests_homedirs
+++ b/include/tests_homedirs
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
     if [ ${SKIPTEST} -eq 0 ]; then
         # Check if users' home directories permissions are 750 or more restrictive
         FOUND=0
-        for LINE in $(${EGREPBINARY} -v '^(daemon|git|halt|root|shutdown|sync)' ${ROOTDIR}etc/passwd | ${AWKBINARY} -F: '($7 !~ "/(false|nologin)$") { print }'); do
+        for LINE in $(${EGREPBINARY} -v '^(daemon|git|halt|root|shutdown|sync)' ${ROOTDIR}etc/passwd | ${AWKBINARY} -F: '($7 !~ "/(false|nologin)$") { print $1 ":" $6}'); do
             USER=$(echo ${LINE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f1)
-            DIR=$(echo ${LINE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f6)
+            DIR=$(echo ${LINE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f2)
             if [ -d "${DIR}" ]; then
                 WRITE_GROUP_PERM=$(${LSBINARY} -ld ${DIR} | ${CUTBINARY} -f1 -d" " | ${CUTBINARY} -c6)
                 OTHER_PERMS=$(${LSBINARY} -ld ${DIR} | ${CUTBINARY} -f1 -d" " | ${CUTBINARY} -c8-10)
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
     if [ ${SKIPTEST} -eq 0 ]; then
         # Check if users own their home directories
         FOUND=0
-        for LINE in $(${EGREPBINARY} -v '^(daemon|git|halt|root|shutdown|sync)' ${ROOTDIR}etc/passwd | ${AWKBINARY} -F: '($7 !~ "/(false|nologin)$") { print }'); do
+        for LINE in $(${EGREPBINARY} -v '^(daemon|git|halt|root|shutdown|sync)' ${ROOTDIR}etc/passwd | ${AWKBINARY} -F: '($7 !~ "/(false|nologin)$") { print $1 ":" $6}'); do
             USER=$(echo ${LINE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f1)
-            DIR=$(echo ${LINE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f6)
+            DIR=$(echo ${LINE} | ${CUTBINARY} -d: -f2)
             if [ -d ${DIR} ]; then
                 OWNER=$(ls -ld ${DIR} | awk -F" " '{ print $3 }')
                 if [ ! "${OWNER}" = "${USER}" ]; then