diff --git a/lib/xhprof/xhprof_moodle.php b/lib/xhprof/xhprof_moodle.php
index 293ffacaad1..9a4f850d2d0 100644
--- a/lib/xhprof/xhprof_moodle.php
+++ b/lib/xhprof/xhprof_moodle.php
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ class moodle_xhprofrun implements iXHProfRuns {
 
         $DB->insert_record('profiling', $rec);
 
-        if (PHPUNIT_TEST) {
+        if (PHPUNIT_TEST && !PHPUNIT_UTIL) {
             // Calculate export variables.
             $tempdir = 'profiling';
             make_temp_directory($tempdir);