diff --git a/.changeset/five-dodos-cheat.md b/.changeset/five-dodos-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39b81f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-dodos-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eslint-plugin-json-schema-validator": patch
+---
+
+fix: don't crash if schema cache directories already exist
diff --git a/src/utils/schema.ts b/src/utils/schema.ts
index 9075ca0f..2c9ca01c 100644
--- a/src/utils/schema.ts
+++ b/src/utils/schema.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function loadJsonFromURL<T>(
   const httpRequestOptions = options?.requestOptions ?? {};
   const httpGetModulePath = resolvePath(options?.getModulePath, context);
 
-  makeDirs(path.dirname(jsonFilePath));
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(jsonFilePath), { recursive: true });
 
   let data, timestamp;
   try {
@@ -211,20 +211,6 @@ function postProcess<T>(
   return data;
 }
 
-/**
- * Make directories
- */
-function makeDirs(dir: string) {
-  const dirs = [dir];
-  while (!fs.existsSync(dirs[0])) {
-    dirs.unshift(path.dirname(dirs[0]));
-  }
-  dirs.shift();
-  for (const dir of dirs) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(dir);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * JSON Schema to string
  */