diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/pt_callbacks.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/pt_callbacks.py
index a08f359aed111..71d1bd8fad8e4 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/pt_callbacks.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/pt_callbacks.py
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ def __init__(self, filepath, monitor='val_loss', verbose=0,
         self.monitor = monitor
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.filepath = filepath
-        if not os.path.exists(filepath):
-            os.makedirs(filepath)
+        os.makedirs(filepath, exist_ok=True)
         self.save_top_k = save_top_k
         self.save_weights_only = save_weights_only
         self.period = period