diff --git a/hw/lint/tools/dvsim/common_lint_cfg.hjson b/hw/lint/tools/dvsim/common_lint_cfg.hjson
index 9ec23bdf9bf480..5377c3087dda48 100644
--- a/hw/lint/tools/dvsim/common_lint_cfg.hjson
+++ b/hw/lint/tools/dvsim/common_lint_cfg.hjson
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                "--flag=fileset_{design_level}",
                "--target={flow}",
                "--tool={tool}",
-               "--build-root={build_dir}",
+               "--work-root={build_dir}/fusesoc-work",
                "{fusesoc_core}"]
 
   // Determines which message severities to print into report summaries.
diff --git a/util/dvsim/ascentlint-report-parser.py b/util/dvsim/ascentlint-report-parser.py
index 2edb2bf80c8987..d10e265d925164 100755
--- a/util/dvsim/ascentlint-report-parser.py
+++ b/util/dvsim/ascentlint-report-parser.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Patterns for ascentlint.log
     parser_args.update({
-        args.repdir.joinpath('lint-ascentlint/ascentlint.log'): [
+        args.repdir.joinpath('fusesoc-work/lint-ascentlint/ascentlint.log'): [
             ("flow_error", r"^FlexNet Licensing error.*"),
             ("flow_error", r"^Error: .*"),
             ("flow_error", r"^ERROR.*"),
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Patterns for ascentlint.rpt
     parser_args.update({
-        args.repdir.joinpath('lint-ascentlint/ascentlint.rpt'): [
+        args.repdir.joinpath('fusesoc-work/lint-ascentlint/ascentlint.rpt'): [
             ("lint_error", r"^E  .*"),
             ("lint_warning", r"^W  .*"),
             ("lint_info", r"^I  .*")