diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index c5ed339d..203518e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: avoid recompile
+      run: make --touch && make --touch -C tools/minicargo && make --touch -C tools/testrunner
     - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
       with:
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         path: bin
     - name: make RUSTCSRC
       run: make RUSTCSRC
-    - name: avoid recompile
+    - name: avoid recompile 2
       run: make --touch && make --touch -C tools/minicargo && make --touch -C tools/testrunner
     - name: make test
       run: make test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 865ba346..7341f100 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ output$(OUTDIR_SUF)/rust/test_run-pass_hello_out.txt: output$(OUTDIR_SUF)/rust/t
 # Compile rules for mrustc itself
 # -------------------------------
 bin/mrustc.a: $(filter-out $(OBJDIR)main.o, $(OBJ))
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	@+mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	@echo [AR] -o $@
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s || echo not),Darwin)
 # We can use llvm-ar for having rcD available on Darwin.
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 $(BIN): $(OBJDIR)main.o bin/mrustc.a bin/common_lib.a
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	@+mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	@echo [CXX] -o $@
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 else ifeq ($(shell uname -s || echo not),Darwin)