diff --git a/spec/asar-spec.js b/spec/asar-spec.js
index ead46bdb3434f..f8e830c4c7d81 100644
--- a/spec/asar-spec.js
+++ b/spec/asar-spec.js
@@ -1686,6 +1686,7 @@ describe('asar package', function () {
 
     it('can recursively delete a directory with an asar file in it', () => {
       const deleteDir = path.join(asarDir, 'deleteme');
+      fs.mkdirSync(deleteDir);
 
       originalFs.rmdirSync(deleteDir, { recursive: true });