diff --git a/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c b/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c
index 2e14da7dee..cbe0fb549b 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c
@@ -93,10 +93,9 @@ static void cxl_2root_port(void)
 static void cxl_t3d(void)
 {
     g_autoptr(GString) cmdline = g_string_new(NULL);
-    char template[] = "/tmp/cxl-test-XXXXXX";
-    const char *tmpfs;
+    g_autofree const char *tmpfs = NULL;
 
-    tmpfs = g_mkdtemp(template);
+    tmpfs = g_dir_make_tmp("cxl-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
 
     g_string_printf(cmdline, QEMU_PXB_CMD QEMU_RP QEMU_T3D, tmpfs, tmpfs);
 
@@ -107,10 +106,9 @@ static void cxl_t3d(void)
 static void cxl_1pxb_2rp_2t3d(void)
 {
     g_autoptr(GString) cmdline = g_string_new(NULL);
-    char template[] = "/tmp/cxl-test-XXXXXX";
-    const char *tmpfs;
+    g_autofree const char *tmpfs = NULL;
 
-    tmpfs = g_mkdtemp(template);
+    tmpfs = g_dir_make_tmp("cxl-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
 
     g_string_printf(cmdline, QEMU_PXB_CMD QEMU_2RP QEMU_2T3D,
                     tmpfs, tmpfs, tmpfs, tmpfs);
@@ -122,10 +120,9 @@ static void cxl_1pxb_2rp_2t3d(void)
 static void cxl_2pxb_4rp_4t3d(void)
 {
     g_autoptr(GString) cmdline = g_string_new(NULL);
-    char template[] = "/tmp/cxl-test-XXXXXX";
-    const char *tmpfs;
+    g_autofree const char *tmpfs = NULL;
 
-    tmpfs = g_mkdtemp(template);
+    tmpfs = g_dir_make_tmp("cxl-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
 
     g_string_printf(cmdline, QEMU_2PXB_CMD QEMU_4RP QEMU_4T3D,
                     tmpfs, tmpfs, tmpfs, tmpfs, tmpfs, tmpfs,