diff --git a/crash_reporter/init.crash_reporter.rc b/crash_reporter/init.crash_reporter.rc
index f65371a2f..6882b771d 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/init.crash_reporter.rc
+++ b/crash_reporter/init.crash_reporter.rc
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ on boot
 
     # Create crash directories.
     mkdir /data/misc/crash_reporter 0700 root root
-    mkdir /data/local/tmp/crash_reporter 0700 root root
 
 service crash_reporter /system/bin/crash_reporter --init
     class late_start
diff --git a/crash_reporter/user_collector.cc b/crash_reporter/user_collector.cc
index 6bf912099..416c1df45 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/user_collector.cc
+++ b/crash_reporter/user_collector.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static const char kCoreToMinidumpConverterPath[] = "/system/bin/core2md";
 
 static const char kStatePrefix[] = "State:\t";
 
-static const char kCoreTempFolder[] = "/data/local/tmp/crash_reporter";
+static const char kCoreTempFolder[] = "/data/misc/crash_reporter/tmp";
 
 // Define an otherwise invalid value that represents an unknown UID.
 static const uid_t kUnknownUid = -1;