diff --git a/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c b/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c
index 23b2a37942..22957fa49c 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c
@@ -163,14 +163,15 @@ static void test_qmp_protocol(void)
 
 /* Out-of-band tests */
 
-char tmpdir[] = "/tmp/qmp-test-XXXXXX";
+char *tmpdir;
 char *fifo_name;
 
 static void setup_blocking_cmd(void)
 {
-    if (!g_mkdtemp(tmpdir)) {
-        g_error("g_mkdtemp: %s", strerror(errno));
-    }
+    GError *err = NULL;
+    tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp("qmp-test-XXXXXX", &err);
+    g_assert_no_error(err);
+
     fifo_name = g_strdup_printf("%s/fifo", tmpdir);
     if (mkfifo(fifo_name, 0666)) {
         g_error("mkfifo: %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ static void cleanup_blocking_cmd(void)
 {
     unlink(fifo_name);
     rmdir(tmpdir);
+    g_free(tmpdir);
 }
 
 static void send_cmd_that_blocks(QTestState *s, const char *id)