diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftp/cmds.c b/appl/ftp/ftp/cmds.c
index 8409e573a..670e6605c 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftp/cmds.c
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftp/cmds.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ remglob(char **argv, int doswitch)
 		return (cp);
 	}
 	if (ftemp == NULL) {
-		strcpy(temp, _PATH_TMP);
+		strcpy(temp, _PATH_TMP_XXX);
 		mktemp(temp);
 		oldverbose = verbose, verbose = 0;
 		oldhash = hash, hash = 0;
diff --git a/appl/ftp/ftp/pathnames.h b/appl/ftp/ftp/pathnames.h
index 9f5320596..f7c1fb391 100644
--- a/appl/ftp/ftp/pathnames.h
+++ b/appl/ftp/ftp/pathnames.h
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
 #include <paths.h>
 #endif
 
-#undef _PATH_TMP
-#define	_PATH_TMP	"/tmp/ftpXXXXXX"
+#define	_PATH_TMP_XXX	"/tmp/ftpXXXXXX"
 
 #ifndef _PATH_BSHELL
 #define _PATH_BSHELL	"/bin/sh"