diff --git a/tests/automatic/high_avail/broker_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh b/tests/automatic/high_avail/broker_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh
index a3a9895ec010fbec8dd0afe573e7c6950571fca5..ebb05c5bcc2784927ff7df8f842883ac31b1b985 100755
--- a/tests/automatic/high_avail/broker_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh
+++ b/tests/automatic/high_avail/broker_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function kill_mongo {
 
 
 function start_mongo {
+    mkdir -p /tmp/mongo
     mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongo --port $1 --logpath /tmp/mongolog --fork
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/automatic/high_avail/receiver_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh b/tests/automatic/high_avail/receiver_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh
index 4d7a281e16dc7281a6dda26d4850ee64719d6fbf..f9ddcf2ba576fcd1c10ac88b86ac62e2cf33a10e 100644
--- a/tests/automatic/high_avail/receiver_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh
+++ b/tests/automatic/high_avail/receiver_mongo_restart/check_linux.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function kill_mongo {
 
 
 function start_mongo {
+    mkdir -p /tmp/mongo
     mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongo --port 27016 --logpath /tmp/mongolog --fork
 }