diff --git a/internal/testutil/golden_equal.go b/internal/testutil/golden_equal.go
index 893b957..608528b 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/golden_equal.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/golden_equal.go
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ func GoldenEqual(tb testing.TB, r io.Reader) {
 		tb.Fatal("cannot read provided data:", err)
 	}
 
-	dir := filepath.Join(wd, "testdata")
-	file := filepath.Join(dir, tb.Name()[4:]+".golden")
+	file := filepath.Join(wd, "testdata", tb.Name()[4:]+".golden")
+	dir := filepath.Dir(file)
 
 	if *update {
 		_, err = os.Stat(dir)
 		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			tb.Fatal("cannot create testdata folder for golden files:", err)
+			tb.Fatal("cannot find testdata folder for golden files:", err)
 		}
 
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			if err = os.Mkdir(dir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			if err = os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 				tb.Fatal("cannot create testdata folder for golden files:", err)
 			}
 		}