diff --git a/scripts/falco-driver-loader b/scripts/falco-driver-loader
index c760eb08..d5aaecb2 100755
--- a/scripts/falco-driver-loader
+++ b/scripts/falco-driver-loader
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ load_kernel_module_compile() {
 	fi
 
 	# Try to compile using all the available gcc versions
-	MAKEWRAPPER="${TMPDIR:-"/tmp"}/falco-dkms-make"
 	for CURRENT_GCC in $(ls "$(dirname "$(which gcc)")"/gcc*); do
 		# Filter away gcc-{ar,nm,...}
 		# Only gcc compiler has `-print-search-dirs` option.
@@ -261,10 +260,10 @@ load_kernel_module_compile() {
 			continue
 		fi
 		echo "* Trying to dkms install ${DRIVER_NAME} module with GCC ${CURRENT_GCC}"
-		echo "#!/usr/bin/env bash" > "$MAKEWRAPPER"
-		echo "make CC=${CURRENT_GCC} \$@" >> "$MAKEWRAPPER"
-		chmod +x "$MAKEWRAPPER"
-		if dkms install --directive="MAKE=${MAKEWRAPPER}" -m "${DRIVER_NAME}" -v "${DRIVER_VERSION}" -k "${KERNEL_RELEASE}" 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo "#!/usr/bin/env bash" > "${TMPDIR}/falco-dkms-make"
+		echo "make CC=${CURRENT_GCC} \$@" >> "${TMPDIR}/falco-dkms-make"
+		chmod +x "${TMPDIR}/falco-dkms-make"
+		if dkms install --directive="MAKE='${TMPDIR}/falco-dkms-make'" -m "${DRIVER_NAME}" -v "${DRIVER_VERSION}" -k "${KERNEL_RELEASE}" 2>/dev/null; then
 			echo "* ${DRIVER_NAME} module installed in dkms"
 			KO_FILE="/var/lib/dkms/${DRIVER_NAME}/${DRIVER_VERSION}/${KERNEL_RELEASE}/${ARCH}/module/${DRIVER_NAME}"
 			if [ -f "$KO_FILE.ko" ]; then
@@ -689,6 +688,8 @@ if [ -v FALCO_BPF_PROBE ]; then
 	DRIVER="bpf"
 fi
 
+TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-"/tmp"}
+
 ENABLE_COMPILE=
 ENABLE_DOWNLOAD=