diff --git a/src/tests/p4/setup.sh b/src/tests/p4/setup.sh
index 78e7f7372d911623cd541495ab15ad3cd548c3ef..a98ad31ab159217c209d5077b258fd398d5113cd 100755
--- a/src/tests/p4/setup.sh
+++ b/src/tests/p4/setup.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n=tfs | grep device | awk '{print $1}')
 
-kubectl exec ${POD_NAME} -n=tfs -- mkdir /root/p4
+kubectl exec ${POD_NAME} -n=tfs -c=server -- mkdir /root/p4
 
-kubectl cp src/tests/p4/p4/p4info.txt tfs/${POD_NAME}:/root/p4
-kubectl cp src/tests/p4/p4/bmv2.json tfs/${POD_NAME}:/root/p4
+kubectl cp src/tests/p4/p4/p4info.txt tfs/${POD_NAME}:/root/p4 -c=server
+kubectl cp src/tests/p4/p4/bmv2.json tfs/${POD_NAME}:/root/p4 -c=server