diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 612a12f58f..84921b64f7 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -4729,7 +4729,8 @@ static void tcg_register_jit_int(const void *buf_ptr, size_t buf_size,
     /* Enable this block to be able to debug the ELF image file creation.
        One can use readelf, objdump, or other inspection utilities.  */
     {
-        FILE *f = fopen("/tmp/qemu.jit", "w+b");
+        g_autofree char *jit = g_strdup_printf("%s/qemu.jit", g_get_tmp_dir());
+        FILE *f = fopen(jit, "w+b");
         if (f) {
             if (fwrite(img, img_size, 1, f) != img_size) {
                 /* Avoid stupid unused return value warning for fwrite.  */