diff --git a/opensca/walk/tar.go b/opensca/walk/tar.go
index 7571ddc2..9bf34ab3 100644
--- a/opensca/walk/tar.go
+++ b/opensca/walk/tar.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func xtar(ctx context.Context, filter ExtractFileFilter, input, output string) b
 			continue
 		}
 
+		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fp), 0777)
 		fw, err := os.Create(fp)
 		if err != nil {
 			logs.Warn(err)
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ func xgz(input, output string) bool {
 	defer fr.Close()
 
 	fp := filepath.Join(output, strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(input), filepath.Ext(input)))
-	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fp), 0777)
 	fw, err := os.Create(fp)
 	if err != nil {
 		logs.Warn(err)