3 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/network/create.go b/libpod/network/create.go
index 094fbe349..e7f65358b 100644
--- a/libpod/network/create.go
+++ b/libpod/network/create.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Create(name string, options entities.NetworkCreateOptions, runtimeConfig *c
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Acquire a lock for CNI
-	l, err := acquireCNILock(filepath.Join(runtimeConfig.Engine.TmpDir, LockFileName))
+	l, err := acquireCNILock(runtimeConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/network/lock.go b/libpod/network/lock.go
index 0395359eb..037f41efa 100644
--- a/libpod/network/lock.go
+++ b/libpod/network/lock.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/storage"
 )
 
@@ -8,8 +12,13 @@ import (
 // delete cases to avoid unwanted collisions in network names.
 // TODO this uses a file lock and should be converted to shared memory
 // when we have a more general shared memory lock in libpod
-func acquireCNILock(lockPath string) (*CNILock, error) {
-	l, err := storage.GetLockfile(lockPath)
+func acquireCNILock(config *config.Config) (*CNILock, error) {
+	cniDir := GetCNIConfDir(config)
+	err := os.MkdirAll(cniDir, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	l, err := storage.GetLockfile(filepath.Join(cniDir, LockFileName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/network/network.go b/libpod/network/network.go
index 89f0b67ac..0fb878b18 100644
--- a/libpod/network/network.go
+++ b/libpod/network/network.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/containernetworking/plugins/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/allocator"
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func ValidateUserNetworkIsAvailable(config *config.Config, userNet *net.IPNet) e
 // RemoveNetwork removes a given network by name.  If the network has container associated with it, that
 // must be handled outside the context of this.
 func RemoveNetwork(config *config.Config, name string) error {
-	l, err := acquireCNILock(filepath.Join(config.Engine.TmpDir, LockFileName))
+	l, err := acquireCNILock(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}