diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/194 b/tests/qemu-iotests/194
index 08389f474e..7a4863ab18 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/194
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/194
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2', 'qed', 'raw'],
 
 with iotests.FilePath('source.img') as source_img_path, \
      iotests.FilePath('dest.img') as dest_img_path, \
-     iotests.FilePaths('migration.sock', 'nbd.sock', base_dir=iotests.sock_dir) \
+     iotests.FilePath('migration.sock', 'nbd.sock', base_dir=iotests.sock_dir) \
         as (migration_sock_path, nbd_sock_path), \
      iotests.VM('source') as source_vm, \
      iotests.VM('dest') as dest_vm:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/208 b/tests/qemu-iotests/208
index 6cb642f821..54aa4be273 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/208
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/208
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['generic'])
 
 with iotests.FilePath('disk.img') as disk_img_path, \
      iotests.FilePath('disk-snapshot.img') as disk_snapshot_img_path, \
-     iotests.FilePath('nbd.sock', iotests.sock_dir) as nbd_sock_path, \
+     iotests.FilePath('nbd.sock', base_dir=iotests.sock_dir) as nbd_sock_path, \
      iotests.VM() as vm:
 
     img_size = '10M'
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/222 b/tests/qemu-iotests/222
index 6602f6b4ba..14d67c875b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/222
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/222
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ remainder = [("0xd5", "0x108000",  "32k"), # Right-end of partial-left [1]
 
 with iotests.FilePath('base.img') as base_img_path, \
      iotests.FilePath('fleece.img') as fleece_img_path, \
-     iotests.FilePath('nbd.sock', iotests.sock_dir) as nbd_sock_path, \
+     iotests.FilePath('nbd.sock', base_dir=iotests.sock_dir) as nbd_sock_path, \
      iotests.VM() as vm:
 
     log('--- Setting up images ---')
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/257 b/tests/qemu-iotests/257
index a9aa65bbe3..c80e06ae28 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/257
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/257
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def test_bitmap_sync(bsync_mode, msync_mode='bitmap', failure=None):
                         an incomplete backup. Testing limitations prevent
                         testing competing writes.
     """
-    with iotests.FilePaths(
+    with iotests.FilePath(
             'img', 'bsync1', 'bsync2', 'fbackup0', 'fbackup1', 'fbackup2') as \
             (img_path, bsync1, bsync2, fbackup0, fbackup1, fbackup2), \
          iotests.VM() as vm:
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ def test_backup_api():
     """
     Test malformed and prohibited invocations of the backup API.
     """
-    with iotests.FilePaths('img', 'bsync1') as (img_path, backup_path), \
+    with iotests.FilePath('img', 'bsync1') as (img_path, backup_path), \
          iotests.VM() as vm:
 
         log("\n=== API failure tests ===\n")
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index cdcdc2ad8b..1b5cdd493e 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -448,18 +448,23 @@ class Timeout:
 def file_pattern(name):
     return "{0}-{1}".format(os.getpid(), name)
 
-class FilePaths:
+class FilePath:
     """
     Context manager generating multiple file names. The generated files are
     removed when exiting the context.
 
     Example usage:
 
-        with FilePaths('test.img', 'test.sock') as (img_path, sock_path):
+        with FilePath('test.img', 'test.sock') as (img_path, sock_path):
             # Use img_path and sock_path here...
 
         # img_path and sock_path are automatically removed here.
 
+    For convenience, calling with one argument yields a single file instead of
+    a tuple with one item:
+
+        with FilePath("a") as a:
+
     """
     def __init__(self, *names, base_dir=test_dir):
         self.paths = []
@@ -467,7 +472,10 @@ class FilePaths:
             self.paths.append(os.path.join(base_dir, file_pattern(name)))
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        return self.paths
+        if len(self.paths) == 1:
+            return self.paths[0]
+        else:
+            return self.paths
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         for path in self.paths:
@@ -477,15 +485,6 @@ class FilePaths:
                 pass
         return False
 
-class FilePath(FilePaths):
-    """
-    FilePath is a specialization of FilePaths that takes a single filename.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, name, base_dir=test_dir):
-        super(FilePath, self).__init__(name, base_dir=base_dir)
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        return self.paths[0]
 
 def file_path_remover():
     for path in reversed(file_path_remover.paths):
