diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Tests/Common/RPITestFixture.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Tests/Common/RPITestFixture.cpp
index 5343c295d8..8c685656ba 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Tests/Common/RPITestFixture.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Tests/Common/RPITestFixture.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ namespace UnitTest
         assetPath /= "Cache";
         AZ::IO::FileIOBase::GetInstance()->SetAlias("@products@", assetPath.c_str());
 
+        // Remark, AZ::Utils::GetProjectPath() is not used when defining "user" folder,
+        // instead We use AZ::Test::GetEngineRootPath();.
+        // Reason:
+        // When running unit tests, using AZ::Utils::GetProjectPath() will resolve to something like:
+        // "/data/workspace/o3de/build/linux/External/Atom-9a4d112b/RPI/Code/Cache"
+        // The ShaderMetricSystem.cpp writes to the @user@ folder and the following runtime error occurs:
+        // "You may not alter data inside the asset cache.  Please check the call stack and consider writing into the source asset folder instead."
+        // "Attempted write location: /data/workspace/o3de/build/linux/External/Atom-9a4d112b/RPI/Code/Cache/user/shadermetrics.json"
+        // To avoid the error We use AZ::Test::GetEngineRootPath();
+        AZ::IO::Path userPath = AZ::Test::GetEngineRootPath();
+        userPath /= "user";
+        AZ::IO::FileIOBase::GetInstance()->SetAlias("@user@", userPath.c_str());
+
         m_jsonRegistrationContext = AZStd::make_unique<AZ::JsonRegistrationContext>();
         m_jsonSystemComponent = AZStd::make_unique<AZ::JsonSystemComponent>();
         m_jsonSystemComponent->Reflect(m_jsonRegistrationContext.get());