diff --git a/flang/test/semantics/test_errors.sh b/flang/test/semantics/test_errors.sh
index 07ad77686feb..3d461d44b06f 100755
--- a/flang/test/semantics/test_errors.sh
+++ b/flang/test/semantics/test_errors.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case $1 in
 esac
 [[ ! -f $src ]] && echo "File not found: $src" && exit 1
 
-temp=`mktemp -d -p .`
+temp=`mktemp -d ./tmp.XXXXXX`
 [[ $KEEP ]] || trap "rm -rf $temp" EXIT
 
 log=$temp/log