diff --git a/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorage.h b/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorage.h
index 448459d6962b5d..cf62611e348cc5 100644
--- a/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorage.h
+++ b/src/platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorage.h
@@ -37,27 +37,9 @@
 #include <platform/Linux/CHIPLinuxStorageIni.h>
 #include <string>
 
-#ifndef FATCONFDIR
-#define FATCONFDIR "/tmp"
-#endif
-
-#ifndef SYSCONFDIR
-#define SYSCONFDIR "/tmp"
-#endif
-
-#ifndef LOCALSTATEDIR
-#define LOCALSTATEDIR "/tmp"
-#endif
-
-#define CHIP_DEFAULT_FACTORY_PATH                                                                                                  \
-    FATCONFDIR "/"                                                                                                                 \
-               "chip_factory.ini"
-#define CHIP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH                                                                                                   \
-    SYSCONFDIR "/"                                                                                                                 \
-               "chip_config.ini"
-#define CHIP_DEFAULT_DATA_PATH                                                                                                     \
-    LOCALSTATEDIR "/"                                                                                                              \
-                  "chip_counters.ini"
+#define CHIP_DEFAULT_FACTORY_FILE_NAME "chip_factory.ini"
+#define CHIP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME "chip_config.ini"
+#define CHIP_DEFAULT_DATA_FILE_NAME "chip_counters.ini"
 
 namespace chip {
 namespace DeviceLayer {
diff --git a/src/platform/Linux/CHIPPlatformConfig.h b/src/platform/Linux/CHIPPlatformConfig.h
index 9e2832307f27b2..f2ff68e3a012a7 100644
--- a/src/platform/Linux/CHIPPlatformConfig.h
+++ b/src/platform/Linux/CHIPPlatformConfig.h
@@ -66,6 +66,4 @@ using CHIP_CONFIG_PERSISTED_STORAGE_KEY_TYPE = const char *;
 
 // ==================== Security Configuration Overrides ====================
 
-#ifndef CHIP_CONFIG_KVS_PATH
-#define CHIP_CONFIG_KVS_PATH "/tmp/chip_kvs"
-#endif // CHIP_CONFIG_KVS_PATH
+#define CHIP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_KVS_FILE_NAME "chip_kvs"
diff --git a/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.cpp b/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.cpp
index 61a1fbd4dda6ed..285593f2d3a3ef 100644
--- a/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ ChipLinuxStorage * PosixConfig::GetStorageForNamespace(Key key)
 
 CHIP_ERROR PosixConfig::Init()
 {
-    return PersistedStorage::KeyValueStoreMgrImpl().Init(CHIP_CONFIG_KVS_PATH);
+    std::string filePath = GetFilePath(CHIP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_KVS_FILE_NAME);
+    return PersistedStorage::KeyValueStoreMgrImpl().Init(filePath.c_str());
 }
 
 CHIP_ERROR PosixConfig::ReadConfigValue(Key key, bool & val)
@@ -453,6 +454,19 @@ bool PosixConfig::ConfigValueExists(Key key)
     return storage->HasValue(key.Name);
 }
 
+std::string PosixConfig::GetFilePath(const std::string & defaultFileName)
+{
+    // Match what GetFilename in ExamplePersistentStorage.cpp does.
+    const char * dir = std::getenv("TMPDIR");
+    if (dir == nullptr)
+    {
+        dir = "/tmp";
+    }
+    std::filesystem::path storageDir(dir);
+    std::filesystem::path filePath = storageDir / defaultFileName;
+    return filePath.string();
+}
+
 CHIP_ERROR PosixConfig::EnsureNamespace(const char * ns)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err             = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
@@ -460,18 +474,21 @@ CHIP_ERROR PosixConfig::EnsureNamespace(const char * ns)
 
     if (strcmp(ns, kConfigNamespace_ChipFactory) == 0)
     {
-        storage = &gChipLinuxFactoryStorage;
-        err     = storage->Init(CHIP_DEFAULT_FACTORY_PATH);
+        storage              = &gChipLinuxFactoryStorage;
+        std::string filePath = GetFilePath(CHIP_DEFAULT_FACTORY_FILE_NAME);
+        err                  = storage->Init(filePath.c_str());
     }
     else if (strcmp(ns, kConfigNamespace_ChipConfig) == 0)
     {
-        storage = &gChipLinuxConfigStorage;
-        err     = storage->Init(CHIP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH);
+        storage              = &gChipLinuxConfigStorage;
+        std::string filePath = GetFilePath(CHIP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+        err                  = storage->Init(filePath.c_str());
     }
     else if (strcmp(ns, kConfigNamespace_ChipCounters) == 0)
     {
-        storage = &gChipLinuxCountersStorage;
-        err     = storage->Init(CHIP_DEFAULT_DATA_PATH);
+        storage              = &gChipLinuxCountersStorage;
+        std::string filePath = GetFilePath(CHIP_DEFAULT_DATA_FILE_NAME);
+        err                  = storage->Init(filePath.c_str());
     }
 
     SuccessOrExit(err);
diff --git a/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.h b/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.h
index c04d4a9be1093f..286408d9213f68 100644
--- a/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.h
+++ b/src/platform/Linux/PosixConfig.h
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <functional>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <lib/core/CHIPError.h>
 
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ class PosixConfig
 
 private:
     static ChipLinuxStorage * GetStorageForNamespace(Key key);
+    static std::string GetFilePath(const std::string & defaultFileName);
 };
 
 struct PosixConfig::Key