diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 0ffa52d..8ca0b68 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ def check_sanity(sanity_data):
             messages = messages + "Error, TMPDIR has changed location.
You need to either move it back to %s or rebuild\n" % saved_tmpdir
     else:
         f = file(checkfile, "w")
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(tmpdir)
         f.write(tmpdir)
     f.close()