diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
index b8b541ed25..e446656ec1 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_SSH2 extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function cwd() {
-		$cwd = $this->run_command('pwd');
+		$cwd = ssh2_sftp_realpath( $this->sftp_link, '.' );
 		if ( $cwd ) {
 			$cwd = trailingslashit( trim( $cwd ) );
 		}