diff --git a/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h b/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h
index 0775e6702b..a825b78c14 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ typedef struct generic_fuzz_config {
 } generic_fuzz_config;
 
 static inline gchar *generic_fuzzer_virtio_9p_args(void){
-    char tmpdir[] = "/tmp/qemu-fuzz.XXXXXX";
-    g_assert_nonnull(g_mkdtemp(tmpdir));
+    g_autofree char *tmpdir = g_dir_make_tmp("qemu-fuzz.XXXXXX", NULL);
+    g_assert_nonnull(tmpdir);
 
     return g_strdup_printf("-machine q35 -nodefaults "
     "-device virtio-9p,fsdev=hshare,mount_tag=hshare "