diff --git a/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c b/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c
index 1d5929d8c3..66652fed04 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ static void create_ahci_io_test(enum IOMode type, enum AddrMode addr,
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    const char *arch;
+    const char *arch, *base;
     int ret;
     int fd;
     int c;
@@ -1871,8 +1871,22 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return 0;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * "base" stores the starting point where we create temporary files.
+     *
+     * On Windows, this is set to the relative path of current working
+     * directory, because the absolute path causes the blkdebug filename
+     * parser fail to parse "blkdebug:path/to/config:path/to/image".
+     */
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    base = g_get_tmp_dir();
+#else
+    base = ".";
+#endif
+
     /* Create a temporary image */
-    fd = g_file_open_tmp("qtest.XXXXXX", &tmp_path, NULL);
+    tmp_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/qtest.XXXXXX", base);
+    fd = g_mkstemp(tmp_path);
     g_assert(fd >= 0);
     if (have_qemu_img()) {
         imgfmt = "qcow2";
@@ -1889,7 +1903,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     close(fd);
 
     /* Create temporary blkdebug instructions */
-    fd = g_file_open_tmp("qtest-blkdebug.XXXXXX", &debug_path, NULL);
+    debug_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/qtest-blkdebug.XXXXXX", base);
+    fd = g_mkstemp(debug_path);
     g_assert(fd >= 0);
     close(fd);
 
diff --git a/tests/qtest/ide-test.c b/tests/qtest/ide-test.c
index 25302be6dc..5e3e28aea2 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/ide-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/ide-test.c
@@ -1011,16 +1011,32 @@ static void test_cdrom_dma(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    const char *base;
     int fd;
     int ret;
 
+    /*
+     * "base" stores the starting point where we create temporary files.
+     *
+     * On Windows, this is set to the relative path of current working
+     * directory, because the absolute path causes the blkdebug filename
+     * parser fail to parse "blkdebug:path/to/config:path/to/image".
+     */
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    base = g_get_tmp_dir();
+#else
+    base = ".";
+#endif
+
     /* Create temporary blkdebug instructions */
-    fd = g_file_open_tmp("qtest-blkdebug.XXXXXX", &debug_path, NULL);
+    debug_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/qtest-blkdebug.XXXXXX", base);
+    fd = g_mkstemp(debug_path);
     g_assert(fd >= 0);
     close(fd);
 
     /* Create a temporary raw image */
-    fd = g_file_open_tmp("qtest.XXXXXX", &tmp_path, NULL);
+    tmp_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/qtest.XXXXXX", base);
+    fd = g_mkstemp(tmp_path);
     g_assert(fd >= 0);
     ret = ftruncate(fd, TEST_IMAGE_SIZE);
     g_assert(ret == 0);