diff --git a/deploy/crdb.sh b/deploy/crdb.sh
index ebbe0a34eef67bc20f1e8f45d12464f96a0e85b3..98d011f190196b803be27200b8bc348b30c87055 100755
--- a/deploy/crdb.sh
+++ b/deploy/crdb.sh
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ CRDB_MANIFESTS_PATH="manifests/cockroachdb"
 
 # Create a tmp folder for files modified during the deployment
 TMP_MANIFESTS_FOLDER="$TMP_FOLDER/manifests"
+mkdir -p $TMP_MANIFESTS_FOLDER
 TMP_LOGS_FOLDER="$TMP_FOLDER/logs"
-CRDB_LOG_FILE="$TMP_LOGS_FOLDER/crdb_deploy.log"
 mkdir -p $TMP_LOGS_FOLDER
+CRDB_LOG_FILE="$TMP_LOGS_FOLDER/crdb_deploy.log"
 
 function crdb_deploy_single() {
     echo "CockroachDB Namespace"