diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index 7a2d254ae..a180c73bd 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ if args.awq_path:
     else:
         tmp_model_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         print("Saving new weighted model ...")
-        tmp_model_path.mkdirs(exist_ok=True)
         add_scale_weights(str(args.model), str(args.awq_path), str(tmp_model_path))
         print(f"Saved weighted model at {tmp_model_path}.") 
         dir_model = tmp_model_path
diff --git a/convert.py b/convert.py
index 3142aa8cd..f1cdf762a 100755
--- a/convert.py
+++ b/convert.py
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ def main(args_in: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
         # We currently only support Q8_0 output on little endian systems.
         output_choices.append("q8_0")
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert a LLaMa model to a GGML compatible file")
-    parser.add_argument("--awq-path",   type=Path, default=None, help="Path to scale awq cache file")
+    parser.add_argument("--awq-path",    type=Path,              help="Path to scale awq cache file", default=None)
     parser.add_argument("--dump",        action="store_true",    help="don't convert, just show what's in the model")
     parser.add_argument("--dump-single", action="store_true",    help="don't convert, just show what's in a single model file")
     parser.add_argument("--vocab-only",  action="store_true",    help="extract only the vocab")
@@ -1161,7 +1161,6 @@ def main(args_in: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
         else:
             tmp_model_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             print("Saving new weighted model ...")
-            tmp_model_path.mkdirs(exist_ok=True)
             add_scale_weights(str(args.model), str(args.awq_path), str(tmp_model_path))
             print(f"Saved weighted model at {tmp_model_path}.") 
             args.model = tmp_model_path