diff --git a/python/pyspark/testing/pandasutils.py b/python/pyspark/testing/pandasutils.py
index 6d402985f4ae..a5b913ec6727 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/testing/pandasutils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/testing/pandasutils.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def temp_dir(self):
     @contextmanager
     def temp_file(self):
         with self.temp_dir() as tmp:
-            yield tempfile.mktemp(dir=tmp)
+            yield tempfile.mkstemp(dir=tmp)[1]
 
 
 class ComparisonTestBase(PandasOnSparkTestCase):