diff --git a/heartbeat/pgsql b/heartbeat/pgsql
index 69384f155..db241266f 100755
--- a/heartbeat/pgsql
+++ b/heartbeat/pgsql
@@ -1609,6 +1609,25 @@ user_recovery_conf() {
 }
 
 make_recovery_conf() {
+    local version
+
+    version=`cat $OCF_RESKEY_pgdata/PG_VERSION`
+    if [ "$OCF_RESKEY_rep_mode" = "slave" ]; then
+        # For slave mode in PostgreSQL 12 and later, create the tmp directory to place recovery.conf.
+        ocf_version_cmp "$version" "12"
+        rc=$?
+        if [ $rc -eq 1 ]||[ $rc -eq 2 ]; then  # PosrgreSQL 12 or later.
+            if ! mkdir -p $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir || ! chown $OCF_RESKEY_pgdba $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir || ! chmod 700 $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir; then
+                ocf_exit_reason "Can't create directory $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir or it is not readable by $OCF_RESKEY_pgdba"
+                return $OCF_ERR_PERM
+            fi
+        fi
+    else
+        if ! mkdir -p $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir || ! chown $OCF_RESKEY_pgdba $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir || ! chmod 700 $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir; then
+            ocf_exit_reason "Can't create directory $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir or it is not readable by $OCF_RESKEY_pgdba"
+            return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
+        fi
+    fi
     runasowner "touch $RECOVERY_CONF"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         ocf_exit_reason "Can't create recovery.conf."
@@ -1977,10 +1996,6 @@ validate_ocf_check_level_10() {
                 fi
             fi
         fi
-        if ! mkdir -p $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir || ! chown $OCF_RESKEY_pgdba $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir || ! chmod 700 $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir; then
-            ocf_exit_reason "Can't create directory $OCF_RESKEY_tmpdir or it is not readable by $OCF_RESKEY_pgdba"
-            return $OCF_ERR_PERM
-        fi
     fi
 
     if [ "$OCF_RESKEY_rep_mode" = "slave" ]; then