diff --git a/cmd/gardener-node-agent/app/app.go b/cmd/gardener-node-agent/app/app.go
index e33135efd02..1a2ed004627 100644
--- a/cmd/gardener-node-agent/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gardener-node-agent/app/app.go
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, log logr.Logger, cfg *c
 		dbus = dbus.New()
 	)
 
+	log.Info("Creating directory for temporary files", "path", nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir)
+	if err := fs.MkdirAll(nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir, os.ModeDir); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create directory for temporary files %q: %w", nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir, err)
+	}
+
 	log.Info("Adding runnables to manager")
 	if err := mgr.Add(&controllerutils.ControlledRunner{
 		Manager: mgr,
diff --git a/pkg/nodeagent/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/nodeagent/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go
index d167072a0dd..e740db3f7d3 100644
--- a/pkg/nodeagent/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/nodeagent/apis/config/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const (
 	BaseDir = "/var/lib/gardener-node-agent"
 	// CredentialsDir is the directory on the worker node that contains credentials for the gardener-node-agent.
 	CredentialsDir = BaseDir + "/credentials"
+	// TempDir is the directory on the worker node that contains temporary directories of files.
+	TempDir = BaseDir + "/tmp"
 	// BinaryDir is the directory on the worker node that contains the binary for the gardener-node-agent.
 	BinaryDir = "/opt/bin"
 
diff --git a/pkg/nodeagent/bootstrap/kubelet_data_volume.go b/pkg/nodeagent/bootstrap/kubelet_data_volume.go
index 964a8f28d5b..52d4d36dad2 100644
--- a/pkg/nodeagent/bootstrap/kubelet_data_volume.go
+++ b/pkg/nodeagent/bootstrap/kubelet_data_volume.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+
+	nodeagentv1alpha1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/nodeagent/apis/config/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ func formatKubeletDataDevice(log logr.Logger, fs afero.Afero, kubeletDataVolumeS
 	}
 
 	log.Info("Creating temporary file")
-	tmpFile, err := fs.TempFile("", "format-kubelet-data-volume-*")
+	tmpFile, err := fs.TempFile(nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir, "format-kubelet-data-volume-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create temporary directory: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/nodeagent/controller/operatingsystemconfig/reconciler.go b/pkg/nodeagent/controller/operatingsystemconfig/reconciler.go
index c0d6ffef4e4..97c88a19497 100644
--- a/pkg/nodeagent/controller/operatingsystemconfig/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/nodeagent/controller/operatingsystemconfig/reconciler.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func (r *Reconciler) applyChangedFiles(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, files []extensionsv1alpha1.File) error {
-	tmpDir, err := r.FS.TempDir("", "gardener-node-agent-*")
+	tmpDir, err := r.FS.TempDir(nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir, "osc-reconciliation-file-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create temporary directory: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/nodeagent/registry/containerd_extractor.go b/pkg/nodeagent/registry/containerd_extractor.go
index aaebce8bea8..5ab5124e461 100644
--- a/pkg/nodeagent/registry/containerd_extractor.go
+++ b/pkg/nodeagent/registry/containerd_extractor.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/identity"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+
+	nodeagentv1alpha1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/nodeagent/apis/config/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 type containerdExtractor struct{}
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ func (e *containerdExtractor) CopyFromImage(ctx context.Context, imageRef string
 
 	snapshotter := client.SnapshotService(containerd.DefaultSnapshotter)
 
-	imageMountDirectory, err := fs.TempDir("", "node-agent-")
+	imageMountDirectory, err := fs.TempDir(nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir, "mount-image-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating temp directory: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ func CopyFile(fs afero.Afero, sourceFile, destinationFile string, permissions os
 		return fmt.Errorf("destination directory %q could not be created", path.Dir(destinationFile))
 	}
 
-	tempDir, err := fs.TempDir("", "copy-image-")
+	tempDir, err := fs.TempDir(nodeagentv1alpha1.TempDir, "copy-image-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating temp directory: %w", err)
 	}