diff --git a/src/calibre/db/restore.py b/src/calibre/db/restore.py
index 1440bd444b..3f513de100 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/restore.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/restore.py
@@ -99,7 +99,16 @@ class Restore(Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         try:
-            with TemporaryDirectory('relib') as tdir:
+            basedir = os.path.dirname(self.src_library_path)
+            try:
+                tdir = TemporaryDirectory('_rlib', dir=basedir)
+                tdir.__enter__()
+            except EnvironmentError:
+                # Incase we dont have permissions to create directories in the
+                # parent folder of the src library
+                tdir = TemporaryDirectory('_rlib')
+
+            with tdir as tdir:
                 self.library_path = tdir
                 self.scan_library()
                 if not self.load_preferences():
diff --git a/src/calibre/ptempfile.py b/src/calibre/ptempfile.py
index f3816f766b..83c39d6b34 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ptempfile.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ptempfile.py
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ class TemporaryDirectory(object):
         self.keep = keep
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        self.tdir = _make_dir(self.suffix, self.prefix, self.dir)
+        if not hasattr(self, 'tdir'):
+            self.tdir = _make_dir(self.suffix, self.prefix, self.dir)
         return self.tdir
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):