diff --git a/llvm_tools/upload_lexan_crashes_to_forcey.py b/llvm_tools/upload_lexan_crashes_to_forcey.py
index 216511f..b93f51a 100755
--- a/llvm_tools/upload_lexan_crashes_to_forcey.py
+++ b/llvm_tools/upload_lexan_crashes_to_forcey.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
   state_file = opts.state_file
   last_date_str = opts.last_date
 
-  os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(state_file), 0o755)
+  os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(state_file), 0o755, exist_ok=True)
 
   if last_date_str is None:
     with open(state_file, encoding='utf-8') as f: