diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/LargeObjectLoader.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/LargeObjectLoader.java
index dc7fca2a..7ec1c9cb 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/LargeObjectLoader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/LargeObjectLoader.java
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ public LargeObjectLoader(Configuration conf, Path workPath)
    * @return a filename to use to put an external LOB in.
    */
   private String getNextLobFileName() {
-    String file = "_lob/obj_" + conf.get("mapreduce.task.id",
-        conf.get("mapred.task.id", "unknown_task_id"))
+    String file = "_lob/obj_" + TaskId.get(conf, "unknown_task_id")
         + nextLobFileId;
     nextLobFileId++;
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/TaskId.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/TaskId.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3054f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/lib/TaskId.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to Cloudera, Inc. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  Cloudera, Inc. licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.lib;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class; returns task attempt Id of the current job
+ * regardless of Hadoop version being used.
+ */
+public final class TaskId {
+
+  private TaskId() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param conf the Configuration to check for the current task attempt id.
+   * @param defaultVal the value to return if a task attempt id is not set.
+   * @return the current task attempt id, or the default value if one isn't set.
+   */
+  public static String get(Configuration conf, String defaultVal) {
+    return conf.get("mapreduce.task.id",
+        conf.get("mapred.task.id", defaultVal));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java
index 3606ac33..64e317b6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.db.DBConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.lib.TaskId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.manager.MySQLUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.shims.HadoopShim;
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.util.AsyncSink;
@@ -100,7 +101,19 @@ public class MySQLExportMapper<KEYIN, VALIN>
   private void initMySQLImportProcess() throws IOException {
     String tmpDir = conf.get(HadoopShim.get().getJobLocalDirProperty(),
         "/tmp/");
-    this.fifoFile = new File(tmpDir,
+
+    // Create a local subdir specific to this task attempt.
+    String taskAttemptStr = TaskId.get(conf, "mysql_export");
+    File taskAttemptDir = new File(tmpDir, taskAttemptStr);
+    if (!taskAttemptDir.exists()) {
+      boolean createdDir = taskAttemptDir.mkdir();
+      if (!createdDir) {
+        LOG.warn("Could not create non-existent task attempt dir: "
+            + taskAttemptDir.toString());
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.fifoFile = new File(taskAttemptDir,
         conf.get(MySQLUtils.TABLE_NAME_KEY, "UNKNOWN_TABLE") + ".txt");
     String filename = fifoFile.toString();
 
@@ -282,6 +295,13 @@ private void closeExportHandles() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         LOG.error("Could not clean up named FIFO after completing mapper");
       }
 
+      // We put the FIFO file in a one-off subdir. Remove that.
+      File fifoParentDir = this.fifoFile.getParentFile();
+      LOG.debug("Removing task attempt tmpdir");
+      if (!fifoParentDir.delete()) {
+        LOG.error("Could not clean up task dir after completing mapper");
+      }
+
       this.fifoFile = null;
     }