diff --git a/benchmark/fs/read-stream-throughput.js b/benchmark/fs/read-stream-throughput.js
index 162cef6864a686..e0dc7edc05ea3e 100644
--- a/benchmark/fs/read-stream-throughput.js
+++ b/benchmark/fs/read-stream-throughput.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const common = require('../common.js');
-const filename = path.resolve(__dirname,
+const filename = path.resolve(process.env.NODE_TMPDIR || __dirname,
                               `.removeme-benchmark-garbage-${process.pid}`);
 const fs = require('fs');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/benchmark/fs/readfile.js b/benchmark/fs/readfile.js
index 82479ff14e5f68..7c55073fe0f017 100644
--- a/benchmark/fs/readfile.js
+++ b/benchmark/fs/readfile.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const common = require('../common.js');
-const filename = path.resolve(__dirname,
+const filename = path.resolve(process.env.NODE_TMPDIR || __dirname,
                               `.removeme-benchmark-garbage-${process.pid}`);
 const fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/benchmark/fs/write-stream-throughput.js b/benchmark/fs/write-stream-throughput.js
index 5c6464fdbb2cbb..c61b5900111411 100644
--- a/benchmark/fs/write-stream-throughput.js
+++ b/benchmark/fs/write-stream-throughput.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const common = require('../common.js');
-const filename = path.resolve(__dirname,
+const filename = path.resolve(process.env.NODE_TMPDIR || __dirname,
                               `.removeme-benchmark-garbage-${process.pid}`);
 const fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-fs.js b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-fs.js
index eeac59fdab06ac..415eb1896b69a8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-benchmark-fs.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-benchmark-fs.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const runBenchmark = require('../common/benchmark');
 
 runBenchmark('fs', [
   'n=1',
   'size=1',
-  'dur=1',
+  'dur=0.1',
   'len=1024',
   'concurrent=1',
   'pathType=relative',
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ runBenchmark('fs', [
   'statSyncType=fstatSync',
   'encodingType=buf',
   'filesize=1024'
-]);
+], { NODE_TMPDIR: common.tmpDir });