diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
index e3d2f69ec0fb..b07c11cf6929 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
 
-T=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/parse-console.sh.$$
+T="`mktemp -d ${TMPDIR-/tmp}/parse-console.sh.XXXXXX`"
 file="$1"
 title="$2"