diff --git a/scripts/extract-ikconfig b/scripts/extract-ikconfig
index d9f9f34b22abb1eb8dd6995e06ffe25ac230a4a2..ef6140dc2ded67270c88fed0db4d07baf5fd8019 100755
--- a/scripts/extract-ikconfig
+++ b/scripts/extract-ikconfig
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-TMPFILE="/tmp/ikconfig-$$"
+TMPFILE=`mktemp -t ikconfig-XXXXXX` || exit 1
 image="$1"
 
 # vmlinux: Attempt to dump the configuration from the file directly