diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/EntryLogTest.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/EntryLogTest.java
index f402a949244..c60a997a26a 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/EntryLogTest.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/EntryLogTest.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public void testCorruptEntryLog() throws Exception {
 
         int gcWaitTime = 1000;
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
+        conf.setJournalDirName(tmpDir.toString());
+
         conf.setGcWaitTime(gcWaitTime);
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] {tmpDir.toString()});
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ public void testMissingLogId() throws Exception {
         Bookie.checkDirectoryStructure(curDir);
 
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
+        conf.setJournalDirName(tmpDir.toString());
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] {tmpDir.toString()});
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);
         // create some entries
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ public void testAddEntryFailureOnDiskFull() throws Exception {
         File ledgerDir1 = createTempDir("bkTest", ".dir");
         File ledgerDir2 = createTempDir("bkTest", ".dir");
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
+        conf.setJournalDirName(ledgerDir1.toString());
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] { ledgerDir1.getAbsolutePath(),
                 ledgerDir2.getAbsolutePath() });
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);
@@ -240,6 +244,8 @@ public void testRecoverFromLedgersMap() throws Exception {
 
         int gcWaitTime = 1000;
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
+        conf.setJournalDirName(tmpDir.toString());
+
         conf.setGcWaitTime(gcWaitTime);
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] {tmpDir.toString()});
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);
@@ -276,6 +282,7 @@ public void testRecoverFromLedgersMapOnV0EntryLog() throws Exception {
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
         conf.setGcWaitTime(gcWaitTime);
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] { tmpDir.toString() });
+        conf.setJournalDirName(tmpDir.toString());
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);
 
         // create some entries
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/LedgerCacheTest.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/LedgerCacheTest.java
index 53083af886b..2fe5e75db99 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/LedgerCacheTest.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/LedgerCacheTest.java
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ public void testLedgerCacheFlushFailureOnDiskFull() throws Exception {
         File ledgerDir2 = createTempDir("bkTest", ".dir");
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] { ledgerDir1.getAbsolutePath(), ledgerDir2.getAbsolutePath() });
+        conf.setJournalDirName(ledgerDir1.toString());
 
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);
         InterleavedLedgerStorage ledgerStorage = ((InterleavedLedgerStorage) bookie.ledgerStorage);
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ public void testEntryMemTableFlushFailure() throws Exception {
         ServerConfiguration conf = TestBKConfiguration.newServerConfiguration();
         conf.setGcWaitTime(gcWaitTime);
         conf.setLedgerDirNames(new String[] { tmpDir.toString() });
+        conf.setJournalDirName(tmpDir.toString());
         conf.setLedgerStorageClass(FlushTestSortedLedgerStorage.class.getName());
 
         Bookie bookie = new Bookie(conf);