diff --git a/cloud/filestore/tools/testing/fs_posix_compliance/suite/python_tests/conftest.py b/cloud/filestore/tools/testing/fs_posix_compliance/suite/python_tests/conftest.py
index 9d310337447..857101e3bfe 100644
--- a/cloud/filestore/tools/testing/fs_posix_compliance/suite/python_tests/conftest.py
+++ b/cloud/filestore/tools/testing/fs_posix_compliance/suite/python_tests/conftest.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def target_dir_path(pytestconfig):
+    tmp_dir = None
     try:
         tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=get_nfs_mount_path())
         yield tmp_dir