diff --git a/src/oom/test-oomd-util.c b/src/oom/test-oomd-util.c
index ef99d924bb1..dc659b65513 100644
--- a/src/oom/test-oomd-util.c
+++ b/src/oom/test-oomd-util.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void test_oomd_update_cgroup_contexts_between_hashmaps(void) {
 }
 
 static void test_oomd_system_context_acquire(void) {
-        _cleanup_(unlink_tempfilep) char path[] = "/oomdgetsysctxtestXXXXXX";
+        _cleanup_(unlink_tempfilep) char path[] = "/tmp/oomdgetsysctxtestXXXXXX";
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -EBADF;
         OomdSystemContext ctx;