diff --git a/collector/src/bin/rustc-fake.rs b/collector/src/bin/rustc-fake.rs
index 8bcff03c2..eda224480 100644
--- a/collector/src/bin/rustc-fake.rs
+++ b/collector/src/bin/rustc-fake.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 fn determinism_env(cmd: &mut Command) {
     // Since rust-lang/rust#89836, rustc stable crate IDs include a hash of the
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ fn run_with_determinism_env(mut cmd: Command) {
     );
 }
 
+// We want each rustc execution to have a separate self-profile directory,
+// to avoid overwriting the results. PID of this process and timestamp should
+// hopefully be unique enough.
+fn create_self_profile_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    let pid = std::process::id();
+    let timestamp = SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap()
+        .as_millis();
+    let name = format!("self-profile-output-{pid}-{timestamp}");
+
+    std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join(name)
+}
+
 fn main() {
     let mut args_os = env::args_os();
     let name = args_os.next().unwrap().into_string().unwrap();
@@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ fn main() {
                     .arg(&tool)
                     .args(&args);
 
-                let prof_out_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join("self-profile-output");
+                let prof_out_dir = create_self_profile_dir();
                 if wrapper == "PerfStatSelfProfile" {
                     cmd.arg(&format!(
                         "-Zself-profile={}",
@@ -175,7 +189,7 @@ fn main() {
                 let mut tool = Command::new(tool);
                 tool.args(&args);
 
-                let prof_out_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join("self-profile-output");
+                let prof_out_dir = create_self_profile_dir();
                 if wrapper == "XperfStatSelfProfile" {
                     tool.arg(&format!(
                         "-Zself-profile={}",