diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index 08c8f63f79196c..90e995af9beb9f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ if (process.config.variables.node_without_node_options)
 const assert = require('assert');
 const exec = require('child_process').execFile;
 
+common.refreshTmpDir();
+process.chdir(common.tmpDir);
+
 disallow('--version');
 disallow('-v');
 disallow('--help');