diff --git a/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade b/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade
index fa17d9ea..ffac2c70 100755
--- a/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade
+++ b/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ check_release() {
 }
 
 mount_rootfs() {
-  mkdir /tmp/rootfs
+  mkdir -p /tmp/rootfs
   loop=$(losetup -f)
   [ $? -eq 0 ] && losetup "${loop}" "${1}" && mount "${loop}" /tmp/rootfs
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then