diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1358f41cfe3484b17c3e911771b3adbeac4dc9b5..9b7452cea6c8ee63825df6a9317427defa2c5cc2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ spack:setup:
         /spack/spack/bin/spack gpg publish -d /buildcache
       fi
 
-    - mkdir /stack/spack/etc
+    - mkdir -p /stack/spack/etc
 
 
 spack:install_compilers: