diff --git a/daemons/lvmdbusd/utils.py b/daemons/lvmdbusd/utils.py
index 830648659..3b1ac801f 100644
--- a/daemons/lvmdbusd/utils.py
+++ b/daemons/lvmdbusd/utils.py
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class LockFile(object):
 
 	def __enter__(self):
 		try:
-			os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.lock_file))
+			os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.lock_file), exist_ok=True)
 			self.fd = os.open(self.lock_file, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
 
 			# Get and set the close on exec and lock the file