diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl
index 2dbb8cade048f76b4b43d88d5d9e27c09e025e0f..c88fd32563ebc013e6f261f072dd57e37444e236 100755
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ create_table_from_c()
 {
 	local sc nr last_sc
 
-	create_table_exe=`mktemp /tmp/create-table-XXXXXX`
+	create_table_exe=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/create-table-XXXXXX`
 
 	{