diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 4d67fe354..e8807eec0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ OS_Setup (void)
         mc_global.sysconfig_dir = g_strdup (SYSCONFDIR);
 
     mc_global.share_data_dir = g_strdup (DATADIR);
-
-    /* Set up temporary directory */
-    mc_tmpdir ();
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -298,6 +295,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     vfs_plugins_init ();
     vfs_setup_work_dir ();
 
+    /* Set up temporary directory after VFS initialization */
+    mc_tmpdir ();
+
     /* do this after vfs initialization due to mc_setctl() call in mc_setup_by_args() */
     if (!mc_setup_by_args (argc, argv, &error))
     {