diff --git a/test/bdev/bdev_raid.sh b/test/bdev/bdev_raid.sh
index 13582dfaae..c85d33f6ed 100755
--- a/test/bdev/bdev_raid.sh
+++ b/test/bdev/bdev_raid.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../..)
 rpc_server=/var/tmp/spdk-raid.sock
 rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py -s $rpc_server"
-tmp_file=/tmp/raidrandtest
+tmp_file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/raidrandtest
 
 source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
 source $testdir/nbd_common.sh
diff --git a/test/bdev/blockdev.sh b/test/bdev/blockdev.sh
index b31f60d54f..ea0ea5e437 100755
--- a/test/bdev/blockdev.sh
+++ b/test/bdev/blockdev.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ conf_file="$testdir/bdev.json"
 : > "$conf_file"
 
 function cleanup() {
-	rm -f "/tmp/aiofile"
-	rm -f "/tmp/spdk-pmem-pool"
+	rm -f "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/aiofile"
+	rm -f "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/spdk-pmem-pool"
 	rm -f "$conf_file"
 
 	if [[ $test_type == rbd ]]; then
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ function setup_bdev_conf() {
 	#$rpc_py bdev_set_qos_limit --rw_mbytes_per_sec 100 Malloc3
 	#$rpc_py bdev_set_qos_limit --rw_ios_per_sec 20000 Malloc0
 	if [[ $(uname -s) != "FreeBSD" ]]; then
-		dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/aiofile bs=2048 count=5000
-		"$rpc_py" bdev_aio_create "/tmp/aiofile" AIO0 2048
+		dd if=/dev/zero of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/aiofile" bs=2048 count=5000
+		"$rpc_py" bdev_aio_create "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/aiofile" AIO0 2048
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ function setup_crypto_qat_conf() {
 
 function setup_pmem_conf() {
 	if hash pmempool; then
-		rm -f /tmp/spdk-pmem-pool
-		pmempool create blk --size=32M 512 /tmp/spdk-pmem-pool
-		"$rpc_py" bdev_pmem_create -n Pmem0 "/tmp/spdk-pmem-pool"
+		rm -f "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/spdk-pmem-pool"
+		pmempool create blk --size=32M 512 "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/spdk-pmem-pool"
+		"$rpc_py" bdev_pmem_create -n Pmem0 "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/spdk-pmem-pool"
 	else
 		return 1
 	fi
diff --git a/test/bdev/nbd_common.sh b/test/bdev/nbd_common.sh
index d72dcffc15..2ea7656498 100644
--- a/test/bdev/nbd_common.sh
+++ b/test/bdev/nbd_common.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function nbd_get_count() {
 function nbd_dd_data_verify() {
 	local nbd_list=($1)
 	local operation=$2
-	local tmp_file=/tmp/nbdrandtest
+	local tmp_file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/nbdrandtest
 
 	if [ "$operation" = "write" ]; then
 		# data write
diff --git a/test/blobfs/blobfs.sh b/test/blobfs/blobfs.sh
index f8ca2c9eff..4b4af6730e 100755
--- a/test/blobfs/blobfs.sh
+++ b/test/blobfs/blobfs.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
 rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../..)
 rpc_server=/var/tmp/spdk-blobfs.sock
 rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py -s $rpc_server"
-tmp_file=/tmp/blobfs_file
+tmp_file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/blobfs_file
 conf_file=/tmp/blobfs.conf
 bdevname=BlobfsBdev
 mount_dir=/tmp/spdk_tmp_mount
diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index 69f7e53f49..fcff2fe7a9 100755
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -665,9 +665,9 @@ function waitfornbd() {
 	#  file.  Note that dd returns success when reading an empty file, so we
 	#  need to check the size of the output file instead.
 	for ((i = 1; i <= 20; i++)); do
-		dd if=/dev/$nbd_name of=/tmp/nbdtest bs=4096 count=1 iflag=direct
-		size=$(stat -c %s /tmp/nbdtest)
-		rm -f /tmp/nbdtest
+		dd if=/dev/$nbd_name of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/nbdtest" bs=4096 count=1 iflag=direct
+		size=$(stat -c %s "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/nbdtest")
+		rm -f "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/nbdtest"
 		if [ "$size" != "0" ]; then
 			return 0
 		else
diff --git a/test/json_config/json_config.sh b/test/json_config/json_config.sh
index 867c65b6f2..a3b3ce07f1 100755
--- a/test/json_config/json_config.sh
+++ b/test/json_config/json_config.sh
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ function create_bdev_subsystem_config() {
 
 		if [[ $(uname -s) = Linux ]]; then
 			# This AIO bdev must be large enough to be used as LVOL store
-			dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/sample_aio bs=1024 count=102400
-			tgt_rpc bdev_aio_create /tmp/sample_aio aio_disk 1024
+			dd if=/dev/zero of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/sample_aio" bs=1024 count=102400
+			tgt_rpc bdev_aio_create "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/sample_aio" aio_disk 1024
 			expected_notifications+=(bdev_register:aio_disk)
 		fi
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ function cleanup_bdev_subsystem_config() {
 	fi
 
 	if [[ $(uname -s) = Linux ]]; then
-		rm -f /tmp/sample_aio
+		rm -f "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/sample_aio"
 	fi
 
 	if [[ $SPDK_TEST_PMDK -eq 1 && -n "$pmem_pool_file" && -f "$pmem_pool_file" ]]; then
diff --git a/test/nvme/hotplug.sh b/test/nvme/hotplug.sh
index 35d267c402..f3ac0122e8 100755
--- a/test/nvme/hotplug.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/hotplug.sh
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ function wait_for_devices_ready() {
 
 function devices_initialization() {
 	timing_enter devices_initialization
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/test0 bs=1M count=1024
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/test1 bs=1M count=1024
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/test2 bs=1M count=1024
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/test3 bs=1M count=1024
-	monitor_cmd "drive_add 0 file=/root/test0,format=raw,id=drive0,if=none"
-	monitor_cmd "drive_add 1 file=/root/test1,format=raw,id=drive1,if=none"
-	monitor_cmd "drive_add 2 file=/root/test2,format=raw,id=drive2,if=none"
-	monitor_cmd "drive_add 3 file=/root/test3,format=raw,id=drive3,if=none"
+	dd if=/dev/zero of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test0" bs=1M count=1024
+	dd if=/dev/zero of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test1" bs=1M count=1024
+	dd if=/dev/zero of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test2" bs=1M count=1024
+	dd if=/dev/zero of="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test3" bs=1M count=1024
+	monitor_cmd "drive_add 0 file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test0,format=raw,id=drive0,if=none"
+	monitor_cmd "drive_add 1 file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test1,format=raw,id=drive1,if=none"
+	monitor_cmd "drive_add 2 file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test2,format=raw,id=drive2,if=none"
+	monitor_cmd "drive_add 3 file=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test3,format=raw,id=drive3,if=none"
 	timing_exit devices_initialization
 }
 
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ function remove_devices() {
 
 function devices_delete() {
 	timing_enter devices_delete
-	rm /root/test0
-	rm /root/test1
-	rm /root/test2
-	rm /root/test3
+	rm "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test0"
+	rm "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test1"
+	rm "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test2"
+	rm "$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/test3"
 	timing_exit devices_delete
 }
 
diff --git a/test/spdkcli/vhost.sh b/test/spdkcli/vhost.sh
index 438a46f354..809a322f82 100755
--- a/test/spdkcli/vhost.sh
+++ b/test/spdkcli/vhost.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ source $rootdir/test/spdkcli/common.sh
 MATCH_FILE="spdkcli_vhost.test"
 SPDKCLI_BRANCH="/"
 
+sample_aio=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/sample_aio
+sample_aio2=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/sample_aio2
+
 trap 'on_error_exit' ERR
 timing_enter run_vhost_tgt
 run_vhost_tgt
@@ -25,10 +28,10 @@ $spdkcli_job "'/bdevs/malloc create 40 512 Malloc0' 'Malloc0' True
 '/bdevs/null create null_bdev0 32 512' 'null_bdev0' True
 '/bdevs/null create null_bdev1 32 512' 'null_bdev1' True
 "
-dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/sample_aio bs=2048 count=5000
-dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/sample_aio2 bs=2048 count=5000
-$spdkcli_job "'/bdevs/aio create sample0 /tmp/sample_aio 512' 'sample0' True
-'/bdevs/aio create sample1 /tmp/sample_aio2 512' 'sample1' True
+dd if=/dev/zero of="$sample_aio" bs=2048 count=5000
+dd if=/dev/zero of="$sample_aio2" bs=2048 count=5000
+$spdkcli_job "'/bdevs/aio create sample0 $sample_aio 512' 'sample0' True
+'/bdevs/aio create sample1 $sample_aio2 512' 'sample1' True
 "
 trtype=$($rootdir/scripts/gen_nvme.sh --json | jq -r '.config[].params | select(.name=="Nvme0").trtype')
 traddr=$($rootdir/scripts/gen_nvme.sh --json | jq -r '.config[].params | select(.name=="Nvme0").traddr')
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ $spdk_clear_config_py clear_config
 rm -f $testdir/config.json
 rm -f $testdir/config_bdev.json
 rm -f $testdir/config_vhost.json
-rm -f /tmp/sample_aio
+rm -f "$sample_aio" "$sample_aio2"
 timing_exit spdkcli_load_config
 
 killprocess $vhost_tgt_pid
diff --git a/test/vhost/windows/windows.sh b/test/vhost/windows/windows.sh
index 182f1ae645..6bf8573f7c 100755
--- a/test/vhost/windows/windows.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/windows/windows.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ notice "..."
 # Using various sizes to better identify bdevs if no name in BLK
 # is available
 # TODO: use a param for blocksize for AIO and Malloc bdevs
-aio_file="$testdir/aio_disk"
+aio_file="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/aio_disk"
 dd if=/dev/zero of=$aio_file bs=1M count=512
 $rpc_py bdev_aio_create $aio_file Aio0 512
 $rpc_py bdev_malloc_create -b Malloc0 256 512
diff --git a/test/vhost/windows/windows_scsi_compliance.sh b/test/vhost/windows/windows_scsi_compliance.sh
index e95a4f6e15..d7c854592f 100755
--- a/test/vhost/windows/windows_scsi_compliance.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/windows/windows_scsi_compliance.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source $rootdir/test/vhost/common.sh
 # In order to run this test with windows vm
 # windows virtio scsi driver must be installed
 WINDOWS_IMG="/home/sys_sgsw/windows_scsi_compliance/windows_vm_image.qcow2"
-aio_file="$testdir/aio_disk"
+aio_file="$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/aio_disk"
 ssh_pass=""
 vm_num=1
 keep_results_dir=false