diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 70eb0241d3..79abe5f6c9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3613,7 +3613,7 @@ F: migration/
 F: scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
 F: tests/functional/migration.py
 F: tests/functional/*/*migration.py
-F: tests/vmstate-static-checker-data/
+F: tests/data/vmstate-static-checker/
 F: tests/qtest/migration/
 F: tests/qtest/migration-*
 F: docs/devel/migration/
diff --git a/tests/vmstate-static-checker-data/dump1.json b/tests/data/vmstate-static-checker/dump1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/vmstate-static-checker-data/dump1.json
rename to tests/data/vmstate-static-checker/dump1.json
diff --git a/tests/vmstate-static-checker-data/dump2.json b/tests/data/vmstate-static-checker/dump2.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/vmstate-static-checker-data/dump2.json
rename to tests/data/vmstate-static-checker/dump2.json