diff --git a/source/os/src/osDir.c b/source/os/src/osDir.c
index 6e52c4ed27..667c3c146a 100644
--- a/source/os/src/osDir.c
+++ b/source/os/src/osDir.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int32_t taosMulModeMkDir(const char *dirname, int mode, bool checkAccess) {
 #ifdef WINDOWS
       code = _mkdir(temp, mode);
 #elif defined(DARWIN)
-      code = mkdir(dirname, 0777);
+      code = mkdir(temp, 0777);
 #else
       code = mkdir(temp, mode);
 #endif