diff --git a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/snippet/SnippetWritingResultHandler.java b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/snippet/SnippetWritingResultHandler.java
index f2e94caf..4ae21075 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/snippet/SnippetWritingResultHandler.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/snippet/SnippetWritingResultHandler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public abstract class SnippetWritingResultHandler implements ResultHandler {
 				throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to create directory '" + parent
 						+ "'");
 			}
-			outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 			return new FileWriter(outputFile);
 		}