diff --git a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
index ce601944f97..d7c9ba19a8a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
@@ -773,12 +773,12 @@ show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `t1` (
   `a` int(11) default NULL
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DATA DIRECTORY='MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/'
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `t1` (
   `a` int(11) default NULL
-) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DATA DIRECTORY='MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/'
 create table t1 (a int) engine=myisam select 42 a;
 select * from t1;
 a
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/myisam.test b/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
index be7bec117f3..11d0693b511 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
@@ -734,14 +734,20 @@ connect (session2,localhost,root,,);
 
 connection session1;
 disable_query_log;
-eval create temporary table t1 (a int) engine=myisam data directory="$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp" select 9 a;
+eval create temporary table t1 (a int) engine=myisam data directory="$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log" select 9 a;
 enable_query_log;
+# If running test suite with a non standard tmp dir, the "show create table"
+# will print "DATA_DIRECTORY=". Use replace_result to mask it out
+--replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
 show create table t1;
 
 connection session2;
 disable_query_log;
-eval create temporary table t1 (a int) engine=myisam data directory="$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp" select 99 a;
+eval create temporary table t1 (a int) engine=myisam data directory="$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log" select 99 a;
 enable_query_log;
+# If running test suite with a non standard tmp dir, the "show create table"
+# will print "DATA_DIRECTORY=". Use replace_result to mask it out
+--replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
 show create table t1;
 
 connection default;