diff --git a/libs/libc/stdio/lib_tmpfile.c b/libs/libc/stdio/lib_tmpfile.c
index 519f159c69..5c27de8927 100644
--- a/libs/libc/stdio/lib_tmpfile.c
+++ b/libs/libc/stdio/lib_tmpfile.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ FAR FILE *tmpfile(void)
   fd = mkstemp(path);
   if (fd >= 0)
     {
-      unlink(fd);
+      unlink(path);
       fp = fdopen(fd, "w+");
       if (fp == NULL)
         {