diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
index 3c01113b7a6f3..6f1d8c84ea884 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ const hgi = require('hosted-git-info')
 const rpj = require('read-package-json-fast')
 
 const { dirname, resolve, relative, join } = require('node:path')
-const { existsSync } = require("node:fs")
 const { depth: dfwalk } = require('treeverse')
+const { existsSync } = require('node:fs')
 const {
   lstat,
   mkdir,
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       // we do NOT want to set ownership on this folder, especially
       // recursively, because it can have other side effects to do that
       // in a project directory.  We just want to make it if it's missing.
-      let resolvedPath = resolve(this.path);
-      if(!existsSync(resolvedPath))
+      const resolvedPath = resolve(this.path)
+      if (!existsSync(resolvedPath))
+      {
         await mkdir(resolvedPath, { recursive: true })
+      }
 
       // do not allow the top-level node_modules to be a symlink
       await this.#validateNodeModules(resolve(resolvedPath, 'node_modules'))