diff --git a/src/test/recovery/Makefile b/src/test/recovery/Makefile
index ec5a1f14d1..4eb12e0583 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/recovery/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ REGRESS_SHLIB=$(abs_top_builddir)/src/test/regress/regress$(DLSUFFIX)
 export REGRESS_SHLIB
 
 # required for 027_stream_regress.pl
-REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR=$(abs_top_builddir)/src/test/recovery
+REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR=$(abs_top_builddir)/src/test/recovery/tmp_check
 export REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR
 
 check:
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
index 8ba823b712..6dcd742fa6 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ sub recoverycheck
 {
 	InstallTemp();
 
-	$ENV{REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR} = "$topdir/src/test/recovery";
+	$ENV{REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR} = "$topdir/src/test/recovery/tmp_check";
 
 	my $mstat  = 0;
 	my $dir    = "$topdir/src/test/recovery";