diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
index 772a938b248..e49eaa97ec0 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ echo
 echo "Loading mount utilities onto this instance..."
 echo
 
-mkdir ${MOUNTER_PATH}
+mkdir -p ${MOUNTER_PATH}
 tar xf /tmp/${MOUNTER_DEFAULT_NAME}.tar -C ${MOUNTER_PATH}
 
 # Bind the kubelet directory to one under flexvolume_mounter
-mkdir ${MOUNTER_PATH}/var/lib/kubelet
+mkdir -p ${MOUNTER_PATH}/var/lib/kubelet
 mount --rbind /var/lib/kubelet/ ${MOUNTER_PATH}/var/lib/kubelet
 mount --make-rshared ${MOUNTER_PATH}/var/lib/kubelet