diff --git a/Modules/FindMatlab.cmake b/Modules/FindMatlab.cmake
index 3ab6bc1570..4bacb1d5de 100644
--- a/Modules/FindMatlab.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindMatlab.cmake
@@ -336,9 +336,7 @@ set(MATLAB_VERSIONS_MAPPING
 # temporary folder for all Matlab runs
 set(_matlab_temporary_folder ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Matlab)
 
-if(NOT EXISTS "${_matlab_temporary_folder}")
-  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${_matlab_temporary_folder}")
-endif()
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${_matlab_temporary_folder}")
 
 #[=======================================================================[.rst:
 .. command:: matlab_get_version_from_release_name