diff --git a/include/os/osDir.h b/include/os/osDir.h
index d3597cab36..e7da54bf54 100644
--- a/include/os/osDir.h
+++ b/include/os/osDir.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ typedef struct TdDirEntry *TdDirEntryPtr;
 void    taosRemoveDir(const char *dirname);
 bool    taosDirExist(char *dirname);
 int32_t taosMkDir(const char *dirname);
+int32_t taosMulMkDir(const char *dirname);
 void    taosRemoveOldFiles(const char *dirname, int32_t keepDays);
 int32_t taosExpandDir(const char *dirname, char *outname, int32_t maxlen);
 int32_t taosRealPath(char *dirname, int32_t maxlen);
diff --git a/source/common/src/tglobal.c b/source/common/src/tglobal.c
index df4433e6e4..58bc7235a1 100644
--- a/source/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/source/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ int32_t taosCreateLog(const char *logname, int32_t logFileNum, const char *cfgDi
 
   taosSetAllDebugFlag(cfgGetItem(pCfg, "debugFlag")->i32);
 
-  if (taosMkDir(tsLogDir) != 0) {
+  if (taosMulMkDir(tsLogDir) != 0) {
     uError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", tsLogDir, terrstr());
     cfgCleanup(pCfg);
     return -1;
diff --git a/source/os/src/osDir.c b/source/os/src/osDir.c
index 383e1617cf..a955fb3b0a 100644
--- a/source/os/src/osDir.c
+++ b/source/os/src/osDir.c
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ void taosRemoveDir(const char *dirname) {
 bool taosDirExist(char *dirname) { return taosCheckExistFile(dirname); }
 
 int32_t taosMkDir(const char *dirname) {
+  int32_t code = mkdir(dirname, 0755);
+  if (code < 0 && errno == EEXIST) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return code;
+}
+
+int32_t taosMulMkDir(const char *dirname) {
   if (dirname == NULL) return -1;
   char *temp = strdup(dirname);
   char *pos = temp;