diff --git a/net/bind/files/named.init b/net/bind/files/named.init
index bb13c5f5f..7c61b5e2a 100644
--- a/net/bind/files/named.init
+++ b/net/bind/files/named.init
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config_dir=$(dirname $config_file)
 named_options_file=/etc/bind/named-rndc.conf
 rndc_conf_file=/etc/bind/rndc.conf
 pid_file=/var/run/named/named.pid
-rndc_temp=$(mktemp /tmp/rndc-confgen.XXXXXX)
 
 logdir=/var/log/named/
 cachedir=/var/cache/bind
@@ -47,6 +46,8 @@ start_service() {
 	chown bind.bind $runnamed
     }
 
+    local rndc_temp=$(mktemp /tmp/rndc-confgen.XXXXXX)
+
     rndc-confgen > $rndc_temp
 
     sed -r -n \