diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 5db04fa33..c794eb9ae 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pipeline {
         stage('Unit Tests (production environment)') {
             when { not { triggeredBy 'TimerTrigger' } }
             steps {
-                sh "mkdir ${env.TMPDIR}"
+                sh "mkdir -p ${env.TMPDIR}"
                 sh """
 python3 -m venv ${env.TMPDIR}/venv/
 ${env.TMPDIR}/venv/bin/pip install tox
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PGPORT=`python -c 'import struct; import socket; s=socket.socket(); s.setsockopt
         stage('Unit Tests (full)') {
             when { triggeredBy 'TimerTrigger' }
             steps {
-                sh "mkdir ${env.TMPDIR}"
+                sh "mkdir -p ${env.TMPDIR}"
                 sh """
 virtualenv -p python3 ${env.TMPDIR}/venv/
 ${env.TMPDIR}/venv/bin/pip install tox