diff --git a/internal/tempfile/tempfile_linux.go b/internal/tempfile/tempfile_linux.go
index 219b3e02a..5481b1274 100644
--- a/internal/tempfile/tempfile_linux.go
+++ b/internal/tempfile/tempfile_linux.go
@@ -3,34 +3,21 @@ package tempfile
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-var unsupportedTmpFile = new(int32) //nolint:gochecknoglobals
-
 // Create creates a temporary file that will be automatically deleted on close.
 func Create(dir string) (*os.File, error) {
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(unsupportedTmpFile) == 1 {
-		// already tried O_TMPFILE, was unsupported, fall back to generic
-		// Unix method.
-		return createUnixFallback(dir)
-	}
-
 	// on reasonably modern Linux (3.11 and above) O_TMPFILE is supported,
 	// which creates invisible, unlinked file in a given directory.
-
 	fd, err := unix.Open(dir, unix.O_RDWR|unix.O_TMPFILE|unix.O_CLOEXEC, permissions)
 	if err == nil {
 		return os.NewFile(uintptr(fd), ""), nil
 	}
 
 	if errors.Is(err, syscall.EISDIR) || errors.Is(err, syscall.EOPNOTSUPP) {
-		// O_TMPFILE is unsupported, fall back and prevent future attempts.
-		atomic.StoreInt32(unsupportedTmpFile, 1)
-
 		return createUnixFallback(dir)
 	}