diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 9775040cbe372c..f4dd0fdab4a3e4 100755
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ def _extract_member(self, tarinfo, targetpath, set_attrs=True,
         if upperdirs and not os.path.exists(upperdirs):
             # Create directories that are not part of the archive with
             # default permissions.
-            os.makedirs(upperdirs)
+            os.makedirs(upperdirs, exist_ok=True)
 
         if tarinfo.islnk() or tarinfo.issym():
             self._dbg(1, "%s -> %s" % (tarinfo.name, tarinfo.linkname))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-04-05-00-48-53.gh-issue-67837.-LJ-2m.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-04-05-00-48-53.gh-issue-67837.-LJ-2m.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1e8b7ca040ef52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-04-05-00-48-53.gh-issue-67837.-LJ-2m.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``tarfile`` - Avoid race condition creating parent directories in when extracting concurrently.