diff --git a/admin/copy_syms.sh b/admin/copy_syms.sh
index b662da6b9..f06d47cb5 100755
--- a/admin/copy_syms.sh
+++ b/admin/copy_syms.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 DUMPID=`head -n1 $1 | cut -f4 -d' '`
-mkdir $2/$DUMPID
+mkdir -p $2/$DUMPID
 cp $1 $2/$DUMPID/