diff --git a/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh b/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
index e509d3443..1e707d308 100755
--- a/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
+++ b/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ WRAPPER_ARGS="$3"
 TEST_BUILD_DIR="$4"
 VM_ENV="$5"
 
-TEST_RESULT_FILE=$(mktemp -p "$TEST_BUILD_DIR" -t test-result-XXXXXX)
+TEST_RESULT_FILE=$(mktemp -p "$TEST_BUILD_DIR" test-result-XXXXXX)
 echo 1 > "$TEST_RESULT_FILE"
 
 VIRTME_ENV="\