diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8853326c120..71803fe37e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ jobs:
         git checkout 19da3ca0757248f7595ee09d532bb83dd438f2b5
     - name: Build Hermes Compiler
       run: |-
+        mkdir -p "$HERMES_WS_DIR"
+        cd "$HERMES_WS_DIR"
         cmake -S hermes -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
         cmake --build ./build -j 4 --target hermesc
     - name: Run android tests