diff --git a/typo3/sysext/impexp/Classes/ImportExport.php b/typo3/sysext/impexp/Classes/ImportExport.php
index 5d751cbbd8e223bca43d79528dd58c9ac63a1ecb..9c22990dda8d2a00668d30ecbda137129d7640ce 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/impexp/Classes/ImportExport.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/impexp/Classes/ImportExport.php
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ abstract class ImportExport
                 random_int(1, PHP_INT_MAX)
             );
         } while (is_dir($temporaryFolderName));
-        GeneralUtility::mkdir($temporaryFolderName);
+        GeneralUtility::mkdir_deep($temporaryFolderName);
         return $temporaryFolderName;
     }