diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ps.result b/mysql-test/r/ps.result
index 05b2d18889b..e59b0ba9834 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ps.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ps.result
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ execute stmt1;
 prepare stmt1 from "insert into t1 select i from t1";
 execute stmt1;
 execute stmt1;
-prepare stmt1 from "select * from t1 into outfile 'f1.txt'";
+prepare stmt1 from "select * from t1 into outfile '<MYSQLTEST_VARDIR>/tmp/f1.txt'";
 execute stmt1;
 deallocate prepare stmt1;
 drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ps.test b/mysql-test/t/ps.test
index 91cb6eef8ad..6b20fd14394 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ps.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ps.test
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ drop table t1;
 # statements or are correctly created and deleted on each execute
 #
 
+--let $outfile=$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/f1.txt
+--error 0,1
+--remove_file $outfile
+
 prepare stmt1 from "select 1 into @var";
 execute stmt1;
 execute stmt1;
@@ -240,11 +244,14 @@ execute stmt1;
 prepare stmt1 from "insert into t1 select i from t1";
 execute stmt1;
 execute stmt1;
-prepare stmt1 from "select * from t1 into outfile 'f1.txt'";
+--replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR <MYSQLTEST_VARDIR>
+eval prepare stmt1 from "select * from t1 into outfile '$outfile'";
 execute stmt1;
 deallocate prepare stmt1;
 drop table t1;
 
+--remove_file $outfile
+
 # 
 # BUG#5242 "Prepared statement names are case sensitive"
 #