diff --git a/get-fedora-latest-config b/get-fedora-latest-config
index ff78977..3473715 100755
--- a/get-fedora-latest-config
+++ b/get-fedora-latest-config
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 if [ "x$latestrpm" != "x" ] && [ "x$releasever" != "x" ]; then
     key="$localdir/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$releasever-primary"
 
-    tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+    tmpdir="$(mktemp -d -p "$localdir")"
     # download latest kernel rpm
     dnf -q download kernel-core --disablerepo=*modular* --releasever="$releasever"
     mv "$latestrpm" "$tmpdir/$latestrpm.untrusted"