diff --git a/controllers/humiocluster_pods.go b/controllers/humiocluster_pods.go
index 9519cac8..82fd562e 100644
--- a/controllers/humiocluster_pods.go
+++ b/controllers/humiocluster_pods.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ const (
 	humioAppPath             = "/app/humio"
 	HumioDataPath            = "/data/humio-data"
 	sharedPath               = "/shared"
-	TmpPath                  = "/tmp"
 	waitForPodTimeoutSeconds = 10
 )
 
@@ -138,11 +137,6 @@ func ConstructPod(hnp *HumioNodePool, humioNodeName string, attachments *podAtta
 							MountPath: sharedPath,
 							ReadOnly:  true,
 						},
-						{
-							Name:      "tmp",
-							MountPath: TmpPath,
-							ReadOnly:  false,
-						},
 					},
 					ReadinessProbe:  hnp.GetContainerReadinessProbe(),
 					LivenessProbe:   hnp.GetContainerLivenessProbe(),
@@ -156,10 +150,6 @@ func ConstructPod(hnp *HumioNodePool, humioNodeName string, attachments *podAtta
 					Name:         "shared",
 					VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}},
 				},
-				{
-					Name:         "tmp",
-					VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}},
-				},
 			},
 			Affinity:                      hnp.GetAffinity(),
 			Tolerations:                   hnp.GetTolerations(),
diff --git a/controllers/suite/clusters/humiocluster_controller_test.go b/controllers/suite/clusters/humiocluster_controller_test.go
index 37ba30b1..64836ff1 100644
--- a/controllers/suite/clusters/humiocluster_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite/clusters/humiocluster_controller_test.go
@@ -3337,8 +3337,8 @@ var _ = Describe("HumioCluster Controller", func() {
 			suite.CreateAndBootstrapCluster(ctx, k8sClient, testHumioClient, toCreate, true, humiov1alpha1.HumioClusterStateRunning, testTimeout)
 			defer suite.CleanupCluster(ctx, k8sClient, toCreate)
 
-			initialExpectedVolumesCount := 5                    // shared, tmp, humio-data, extra-kafka-configs, init-service-account-secret
-			initialExpectedHumioContainerVolumeMountsCount := 4 // shared, tmp, humio-data, extra-kafka-configs
+			initialExpectedVolumesCount := 4                    // shared, humio-data, extra-kafka-configs, init-service-account-secret
+			initialExpectedHumioContainerVolumeMountsCount := 3 // shared, humio-data, extra-kafka-configs
 
 			if !helpers.UseEnvtest() {
 				// k8s will automatically inject a service account token
@@ -4453,6 +4453,13 @@ var _ = Describe("HumioCluster Controller", func() {
 				}
 
 				updatedHumioCluster.Spec.ShareProcessNamespace = helpers.BoolPtr(true)
+				tmpVolumeName := "tmp"
+				updatedHumioCluster.Spec.ExtraVolumes = []corev1.Volume{
+					{
+						Name:         tmpVolumeName,
+						VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}},
+					},
+				}
 				updatedHumioCluster.Spec.SidecarContainers = []corev1.Container{
 					{
 						Name:    "jmap",
@@ -4461,8 +4468,8 @@ var _ = Describe("HumioCluster Controller", func() {
 						Args:    []string{"-c", "HUMIO_PID=$(ps -e | grep java | awk '{print $1'}); while :; do sleep 30 ; jmap -histo:live $HUMIO_PID | head -n203 ; done"},
 						VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
 							{
-								Name:      "tmp",
-								MountPath: controllers.TmpPath,
+								Name:      tmpVolumeName,
+								MountPath: "/tmp",
 								ReadOnly:  false,
 							},
 						},