diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java
index 96db015f21b..d3fb5ab5b21 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
     @Override
     public int getMaxInactiveInterval()
     {
-        checkValid();
         return (int)(_maxIdleMs/1000);
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java
index c9b38bb495d..46f0fe3ea9b 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/RequestTest.java
@@ -213,11 +213,12 @@ public class RequestTest
 
     @Test
     public void testMultiPart() throws Exception
-    {
-        final File tmpDir = new File (System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
-        final File testTmpDir = new File (tmpDir, "reqtest");
+    {        
+        final File testTmpDir = File.createTempFile("reqtest", null);
+        if (testTmpDir.exists())
+            testTmpDir.delete();
+        testTmpDir.mkdir();
         testTmpDir.deleteOnExit();
-        assertTrue(testTmpDir.mkdirs());
         assertTrue(testTmpDir.list().length == 0);
 
         ContextHandler contextHandler = new ContextHandler();