diff -up hplip-3.13.5/common/utils.c.mkstemp hplip-3.13.5/common/utils.c
--- hplip-3.13.5/common/utils.c.mkstemp	2013-05-29 15:21:17.210289396 +0100
+++ hplip-3.13.5/common/utils.c	2013-05-29 15:24:57.214498909 +0100
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ void unload_library(void *pLibHandler)
 int createTempFile(char* szFileName, FILE** pFilePtr)
 {
     char* pFilePos = NULL;
-    char szFolderName[64]={0,};
-    struct stat st;
     int iFD;
 
     if (szFileName == NULL || szFileName[0] == '\0' || pFilePtr == NULL)
@@ -235,28 +233,11 @@ int createTempFile(char* szFileName, FIL
     if (strstr(szFileName,"XXXXXX") == NULL)
         strcat(szFileName,"_XXXXXX");
 
-    pFilePos = strrchr(szFileName, '/');
-    if (pFilePos)
-    {
-        strncpy(szFolderName, szFileName, (pFilePos - szFileName));
-        if(stat(szFolderName,&st) == 0)
-        {
-            if(st.st_mode & S_IFDIR != 0)
-            {
-                iFD = mkstemp(szFileName);
-                *pFilePtr = fdopen(iFD,"w+");
-            }
-            else
-                BUG("Insufficient directory [%s] permissions\n",szFolderName);
-        }
-        else
-                BUG("Failed to check directory [%s] errno[%d]\n",szFolderName, errno);
-    }
+    iFD = mkstemp(szFileName);
+    if (iFD == -1)
+        BUG("Failed to create tmpfile [%s]: %s\n", szFileName, strerror (errno));
     else
-    {
-        iFD = mkstemp(szFileName);
         *pFilePtr = fdopen(iFD,"w+");
-    }
 
     return iFD;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}