diff --git a/src/ci/docker/run.sh b/src/ci/docker/run.sh
index 931c28f1ca98e..b1ee636644ec7 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/run.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/run.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ objdir=$root_dir/obj
 
 mkdir -p $HOME/.cargo
 mkdir -p $objdir/tmp
-mkdir $objdir/cores
+mkdir -p $objdir/cores
 
 args=
 if [ "$SCCACHE_BUCKET" != "" ]; then