diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 716fcb1d3..9d68dc6f4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ install:
   - |
     if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]]; then
       CMAKE_URL="https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.4-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
-      mkdir cmake && travis_retry wget --no-check-certificate --quiet -O - ${CMAKE_URL} | tar --strip-components=1 -xz -C cmake
+      mkdir -p cmake && travis_retry wget --no-clobber --no-check-certificate --quiet -O - ${CMAKE_URL} | tar --strip-components=1 -xz -C cmake
       export PATH=${DEPS_DIR}/cmake/bin:${PATH}
       echo ${PATH}
     else