diff --git a/tosfs/core.py b/tosfs/core.py
index 6a54c0a..4e7c06a 100644
--- a/tosfs/core.py
+++ b/tosfs/core.py
@@ -499,9 +499,10 @@ def makedirs(self, path: str, exist_ok: bool = False) -> None:
 
         """
         path = self._strip_protocol(path).rstrip("/") + "/"
-        if exist_ok and self.exists(path):
+        path_exist = self.exists(path)
+        if exist_ok and path_exist:
             return
-        if not exist_ok and self.exists(path):
+        if not exist_ok and path_exist:
             raise FileExistsError(path)
 
         self.mkdir(path, create_parents=True)