diff --git a/support/scripts/check-kernel-headers.sh b/support/scripts/check-kernel-headers.sh
index 82cf9ac274..a8cca78b27 100755
--- a/support/scripts/check-kernel-headers.sh
+++ b/support/scripts/check-kernel-headers.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ HDR_M="${HDR_VER%%.*}"
 HDR_V="${HDR_VER#*.}"
 HDR_m="${HDR_V%%.*}"
 
-EXEC="$(mktemp --tmpdir check-headers.XXXXXX)"
+EXEC="$(mktemp -t check-headers.XXXXXX)"
 
 # We do not want to account for the patch-level, since headers are
 # not supposed to change for different patchlevels, so we mask it out.