diff --git a/test/file.jl b/test/file.jl
index 4ea247d5a3e31..2cd60ea8d3f42 100644
--- a/test/file.jl
+++ b/test/file.jl
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@ end
 #     walkdir     #
 ###################
 
-walkdir = mktempdir()
-cd(dir) do
+dirwalk = mktempdir()
+cd(dirwalk) do
     for i=1:2
         mkdir("sub_dir$i")
         open("file$i", "w") do f end
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ cd(dir) do
     @test files == ["file_dir2"]
 
 end
-@unix_only rm(walkdir, recursive=true)
+@unix_only rm(dirwalk, recursive=true)
 
 ############
 # Clean up #