diff --git a/bin/v-backup-user b/bin/v-backup-user
index b6ec66ecb..bc57cafca 100755
--- a/bin/v-backup-user
+++ b/bin/v-backup-user
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ while [ "$la" -ge "$BACKUP_LA_LIMIT" ]; do
     (( ++i))
 done
 
+if [ -z "$BACKUP_TEMP" ]; then
+    BACKUP_TEMP=$BACKUP
+fi
+
 # Creating temporary directory
-tmpdir=$(mktemp -p $BACKUP -d)
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -p $BACKUP_TEMP -d)
 
 if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "Can't create tmp dir $tmpdir" |$SENDMAIL -s "$subj" $email $notify