diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/genscripts.sh b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/genscripts.sh
index 5090cd3f8779..238263eb75a1 100755
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/genscripts.sh
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/genscripts.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ fi
 if test -d ldscripts; then
   true
 else
-  rm -f ldscripts
-  mkdir ldscripts
+  mkdir -p ldscripts
 fi
 
 # Set some flags for the emultempl scripts.  USE_LIBPATH will