diff --git a/packages/nx/src/daemon/socket-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/daemon/socket-utils.ts
index 3cf2640613..c97f92f1e6 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/daemon/socket-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/daemon/socket-utils.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const getForkedProcessOsSocketPath = (id: string) => {
 };
 
 export const getPluginOsSocketPath = (id: string) => {
-  let path = resolve(join(getSocketDir(), 'plugin' + id + '.sock'));
+  let path = resolve(join(getSocketDir(true), 'plugin' + id + '.sock'));
   return isWindows ? '\\\\.\\pipe\\nx\\' + resolve(path) : resolve(path);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/daemon/tmp-dir.ts b/packages/nx/src/daemon/tmp-dir.ts
index a865439486..0d163aef47 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/daemon/tmp-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/daemon/tmp-dir.ts
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ function socketDirName() {
  * We try to create a socket file in a tmp dir, but if it doesn't work because
  * for instance we don't have permissions, we create it in DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE
  */
-export function getSocketDir() {
+export function getSocketDir(alreadyUnique = false) {
   try {
-    const dir = process.env.NX_DAEMON_SOCKET_DIR ?? socketDirName();
+    const dir =
+      process.env.NX_DAEMON_SOCKET_DIR ??
+      (alreadyUnique ? tmpdir : socketDirName());
     ensureDirSync(dir);
     return dir;
   } catch (e) {