diff --git a/containerd-shim/process.go b/containerd-shim/process.go
index bf48eac..6de7d9b 100644
--- a/containerd-shim/process.go
+++ b/containerd-shim/process.go
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ func (p *process) start() error {
 		)
 	} else if p.checkpoint != nil {
 		args = append(args, "restore",
-			"--image-path", filepath.Join(p.checkpointPath),
+			"--image-path", p.checkpointPath,
+			"--work-path", filepath.Join(p.checkpointPath, "criu.work", "restore-"+time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)),
 		)
 		add := func(flags ...string) {
 			args = append(args, flags...)
diff --git a/runtime/container.go b/runtime/container.go
index b395e79..4b9fa9a 100644
--- a/runtime/container.go
+++ b/runtime/container.go
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ func (c *container) Checkpoint(cpt Checkpoint, checkpointDir string) error {
 	args := []string{
 		"checkpoint",
 		"--image-path", path,
+		"--work-path", filepath.Join(path, "criu.work"),
 	}
 	add := func(flags ...string) {
 		args = append(args, flags...)