diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
index 1202d57..b8db7b2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
         if not tmpdir:
             tmpdir = self.d.getVar('WORKDIR')
             if not tmpdir:
-                tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='buildproject')
-        self.localarchive = os.path.join(tmpdir,self.archive)
+                self.tempdirobj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='buildproject-')
+                tmpdir = self.tempdirobj.name
+        self.localarchive = os.path.join(tmpdir, self.archive)
         if foldername:
             self.fname = foldername
         else: