diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index d8e5c33e..ff63aaa5 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ To enable global ccache functionality, `USE_CCACHE = "1"` can be added
 to `local.conf`. If some package requires ccache to be always disabled,
 `USE_CCACHE = "0"` can be used in the recipe despite global setup.
 
-By default, ccache directory is created inside `TMPDIR`, but it can be
+By default, ccache directory is created inside `TOPDIR`, but it can be
 adjusted by `CCACHE_TOP_DIR` variable in `local.conf`. Ccache directory
 `CCACHE_DIR` default value is
 `"${CCACHE_TOP_DIR}/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}-${BUILD_ARCH}"`, that means
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
index b59f310b..93d2ef96 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ USER_isar[flags] += "clear-text-password"
 # Uncomment this to use ccache for custom packages
 #USE_CCACHE = "1"
 # Uncomment and set own top level ccache directory to share between builds
-#CCACHE_TOP_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/ccache"
+#CCACHE_TOP_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/ccache"
 # Enable ccache debug mode
 #CCACHE_DEBUG = "1"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 5ab8ced7..4a964cfc 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ INHERIT += "${@'buildstats' if bb.utils.to_boolean(d.getVar('USE_BUILDSTATS')) e
 
 # Default values for ccache
 USE_CCACHE ??= "0"
-CCACHE_TOP_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/ccache"
+CCACHE_TOP_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/ccache"
 CCACHE_DIR ?= "${CCACHE_TOP_DIR}/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}-${BUILD_ARCH}"
 CCACHE_DEBUG ?= "0"