diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50224c72b..24795e329 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- Checkstyle rules inherited from spring-cloud-build -->
-                            <suppressionsLocation>${session.executionRootDirectory}/eclipse/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+                            <suppressionsLocation>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/eclipse/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
                             <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
                             <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                             <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>