diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index a50eaff7..36607cfb 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -823,13 +823,7 @@ readonly DRACUT_TMPDIR="$(mktemp -p "$TMPDIR/" -d -t dracut.XXXXXX)"
     printf "%s\n" "dracut: mktemp -p '$TMPDIR/' -d -t dracut.XXXXXX failed." >&2
     exit 1
 }
-readonly initdir="${DRACUT_TMPDIR}/initramfs"
-mkdir "$initdir"
 
-if [[ $early_microcode = yes ]] || ( [[ $acpi_override = yes ]] && [[ -d $acpi_table_dir ]] ); then
-    readonly early_cpio_dir="${DRACUT_TMPDIR}/earlycpio"
-    mkdir "$early_cpio_dir"
-fi
 # clean up after ourselves no matter how we die.
 trap '
     ret=$?;
@@ -840,6 +834,14 @@ trap '
 # clean up after ourselves no matter how we die.
 trap 'exit 1;' SIGINT
 
+readonly initdir="${DRACUT_TMPDIR}/initramfs"
+mkdir "$initdir"
+
+if [[ $early_microcode = yes ]] || ( [[ $acpi_override = yes ]] && [[ -d $acpi_table_dir ]] ); then
+    readonly early_cpio_dir="${DRACUT_TMPDIR}/earlycpio"
+    mkdir "$early_cpio_dir"
+fi
+
 export DRACUT_RESOLVE_LAZY="1"
 
 if [[ $print_cmdline ]]; then