diff --git a/external/llvm/llvm_patch_sources.cmake b/external/llvm/llvm_patch_sources.cmake
index 5ffcfb260..0c488aec9 100644
--- a/igc/external/llvm/llvm_patch_sources.cmake
+++ b/igc/external/llvm/llvm_patch_sources.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ if(EXISTS "${IGC_LLVM_SOURCE_DIR}")
 endif()
 
 # Copy stock LLVM sources to IGC_LLVM_SOURCE_DIR to apply patches.
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${IGC_LLVM_WORKSPACE_SRC})
 message(STATUS "[LLVM] : Copying stock LLVM sources ${IGC_OPTION__LLVM_SOURCES_DIR} to ${IGC_LLVM_SOURCE_DIR}")
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${IGC_OPTION__LLVM_SOURCES_DIR}/.git ${IGC_LLVM_WORKSPACE_SRC}/.git)
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${IGC_OPTION__LLVM_SOURCES_DIR}/llvm ${IGC_LLVM_SOURCE_DIR})