diff --git a/scripts/copy_data_for_benchmark.sh b/scripts/copy_data_for_benchmark.sh
index c91a35b2bbdf8cd9337092d70d76de0b2db237bf..33fa1bb53821a273896958025028a0c1f9cea3bc 100644
--- a/scripts/copy_data_for_benchmark.sh
+++ b/scripts/copy_data_for_benchmark.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mkdir data_orig
+mkdir -p data_orig
 echo "Backup original data"
 cp -a data/* data_orig/
 cd data/01_2d