diff --git a/icu4c/source/samples/all/samplecheck.bat b/icu4c/source/samples/all/samplecheck.bat
index 99e4fafd1ad..0a80c674a06 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/samples/all/samplecheck.bat
+++ b/icu4c/source/samples/all/samplecheck.bat
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SampleError
 @set THT=ucnv
 @echo.
 @echo ==== %THT% =========================================================================
+pushd %ICU_SAMPLESDIR%\ucnv
 %SAMPLE_UCNV%
+popd
 if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SampleError
 
 REM TODO: udata needs changes to the vcxproj file to fix the output locations for writer/reader.