diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/ext4test/ext4test.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/ext4test/ext4test.sh
index 8e22e69aa6..47b6aa0200 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/ext4test/ext4test.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/ext4test/ext4test.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ for dev in $devs; do
 	mkdir -p /mnt/${dev}dir
 	mount -o sync /dev/$dev /mnt/${dev}dir
 
-	rsync -qav --exclude=".git" $rootdir/ /mnt/${dev}dir/spdk
+	rsync -qav --exclude=".git" --exclude="dpdk" $rootdir/ /mnt/${dev}dir/spdk
 
 	make -C /mnt/${dev}dir/spdk DPDK_DIR=$DPDK_DIR clean
 	make -C /mnt/${dev}dir/spdk DPDK_DIR=$DPDK_DIR -j16