diff --git a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
index 44da8f7cbf53f078fc7eb23336a2d836849cd21f..01064cdc4de2a598d6bfa83076770bf50b2d2424 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ make_binary_release "hadoop2" "--with-yarn --hadoop 2.2.0"
 
 # Copy data
 echo "Copying release tarballs"
-ssh $USER_NAME@people.apache.org \
-  mkdir /home/$USER_NAME/public_html/spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-$RC_NAME
 rc_folder=spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-$RC_NAME
+ssh $USER_NAME@people.apache.org \
+  mkdir /home/$USER_NAME/public_html/$rc_folder
 scp spark-* \
   $USER_NAME@people.apache.org:/home/$USER_NAME/public_html/$rc_folder/
 
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ cd docs
 PRODUCTION=1 jekyll build
 echo "Copying release documentation"
 rc_docs_folder=${rc_folder}-docs
+ssh $USER_NAME@people.apache.org \
+  mkdir /home/$USER_NAME/public_html/$rc_docs_folder
 rsync -r _site/* $USER_NAME@people.apache.org /home/$USER_NAME/public_html/$rc_docs_folder
 
 echo "Release $RELEASE_VERSION completed:"