diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index 0e15cf67503100a4e3c371aeaf71936e54b9b898..35338376f732a7e9485b6eb722c1456d976033a2 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ static void slirp_smb_cleanup(SlirpState *s)
 static int slirp_smb(SlirpState* s, const char *exported_dir,
                      struct in_addr vserver_addr)
 {
-    static int instance;
     char smb_conf[128];
     char smb_cmdline[128];
     struct passwd *passwd;
@@ -505,10 +504,10 @@ static int slirp_smb(SlirpState* s, const char *exported_dir,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    snprintf(s->smb_dir, sizeof(s->smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.%ld-%d",
-             (long)getpid(), instance++);
-    if (mkdir(s->smb_dir, 0700) < 0) {
+    snprintf(s->smb_dir, sizeof(s->smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.XXXXXX");
+    if (!mkdtemp(s->smb_dir)) {
         error_report("could not create samba server dir '%s'", s->smb_dir);
+        s->smb_dir[0] = 0;
         return -1;
     }
     snprintf(smb_conf, sizeof(smb_conf), "%s/%s", s->smb_dir, "smb.conf");