diff --git a/src/agent/src/namespace.rs b/src/agent/src/namespace.rs
index a1a3aaf05..838f64fe6 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/namespace.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/namespace.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(remove_mounts(&[ns_ipc.unwrap().path]).is_ok());
 
         let logger = slog::Logger::root(slog::Discard, o!());
-        let tmpdir = Builder::new().prefix("ipc").tempdir().unwrap();
+        let tmpdir = Builder::new().prefix("uts").tempdir().unwrap();
 
         let ns_uts = Namespace::new(&logger)
             .get_uts("test_hostname")