diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
index 2fd3f392e..53b084c49 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let clear_caches () =
 (** Create tasks to analyze an execution environment *)
 let analyze_source_file : SourceFile.t Tasks.doer =
  fun source_file ->
+  DB.Results_dir.init source_file ;
   let exe_env = Exe_env.mk () in
   L.(debug Analysis Medium) "@\nProcessing '%a'@." SourceFile.pp source_file ;
   (* clear cache for each source file to avoid it growing unboundedly *)
diff --git a/infer/src/base/DB.ml b/infer/src/base/DB.ml
index 743dc4ca4..6037a6c04 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/DB.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/DB.ml
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ module Results_dir = struct
   (** initialize the results directory *)
   let init source =
     if SourceFile.is_invalid source then L.(die InternalError) "Invalid source file passed" ;
-    Utils.create_dir Config.results_dir ;
-    Utils.create_dir specs_dir ;
     if Config.html || Config.debug_mode || Config.frontend_tests then (
       Utils.create_dir (path_to_filename Abs_root [Config.captured_dir_name]) ;
       Utils.create_dir (path_to_filename (Abs_source_dir source) []) )