diff --git a/app/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader.rb b/app/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader.rb
index b0154f85a5c..4965bd7f057 100644
--- a/app/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader.rb
+++ b/app/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class NamespaceFileUploader < FileUploader
     File.join(model.id.to_s)
   end
 
+  def self.workhorse_local_upload_path
+    File.join(options.storage_path, 'uploads', TMP_UPLOAD_PATH)
+  end
+
   # Re-Override
   def store_dir
     store_dirs[object_store]
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-namespace-upload.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-namespace-upload.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..383d79a998f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-namespace-upload.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix workhorse temp path for namespace uploads
+merge_request: 21650
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/spec/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader_spec.rb b/spec/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader_spec.rb
index eafbea07e10..799c6db57fa 100644
--- a/spec/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/uploaders/namespace_file_uploader_spec.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ describe NamespaceFileUploader do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#workhorse_local_upload_path' do
+    it 'returns the correct path in uploads directory' do
+      expect(described_class.workhorse_local_upload_path).to end_with('/uploads/tmp/uploads')
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#migrate!" do
     before do
       uploader.store!(fixture_file_upload(File.join('spec/fixtures/doc_sample.txt')))