diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-args.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-args.js
index 35a1ea40208adf..821525409c8fca 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-args.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-args.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const { spawn } = require('child_process');
 const common = require('../common');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
 const command = common.isWindows ? 'cd' : 'pwd';
 const options = { cwd: tmpdir.path };