diff --git a/vault/vault_cooldowns_test.go b/vault/vault_cooldowns_test.go
index f4132a51..b6c8a4b0 100644
--- a/vault/vault_cooldowns_test.go
+++ b/vault/vault_cooldowns_test.go
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ var (
 func setupK8sTests(t *testing.T) {
 	tokFile := "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token"
 	if _, err := os.Stat(tokFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(tokFile), 0755); err != nil {
+			t.Skipf("Skipping test because - %s", err)
+		}
 		t.Logf("Creating dummy token file: %s", tokFile)
-		err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(tokFile), 0755)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
 		_, err = os.OpenFile(tokFile, os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0666) // "touch" the file
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}