diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtils.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtils.java
index 75fb67b7391dd..c108d1259e93c 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtils.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtils.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static Reference<File> createBlobStorageDirectory(
             if (fallbackStorageDirectory != null) {
                 baseDir = fallbackStorageDirectory.deref();
 
-                if (baseDir.mkdirs() || baseDir.exists()) {
+                if (baseDir.exists() || baseDir.mkdirs()) {
                     return fallbackStorageDirectory;
                 }
             }