diff --git a/testHeadlessComponents.sh b/testHeadlessComponents.sh
index 1b6ea34..447779f 100755
--- a/testHeadlessComponents.sh
+++ b/testHeadlessComponents.sh
@@ -149,14 +149,16 @@ source ${RFaT}/jtreg-shell-xml.sh
 
 if [[ -z "${WORKSPACE}" ]]; then
   WORKSPACE=~/workspace
-  mkdir -p $WORKSPACE
 fi
 
+mkdir -p $WORKSPACE
+
 if [ "x$TMPRESULTS" == "x" ]; then
   TMPRESULTS=$WORKSPACE
-  mkdir -p $TMPRESULTS
 fi
 
+mkdir -p $TMPRESULTS
+
 touch $TMPRESULTS/testHeadlessComponent.txt