diff --git a/qa/integration/services/elasticsearch_setup.sh b/qa/integration/services/elasticsearch_setup.sh
index 4811877d451..7acd564da7a 100755
--- a/qa/integration/services/elasticsearch_setup.sh
+++ b/qa/integration/services/elasticsearch_setup.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ current_dir="$(dirname "$0")"
 source "$current_dir/helpers.sh"
 
 ES_HOME="$current_dir/../../../build/elasticsearch"
+ES_DATA_PATH="/tmp/ls_integration/es-data"
+ES_LOGS_PATH="/tmp/ls_integration/es-logs"
 
 start_es() {
   es_args=$@
-  JAVA_HOME= $ES_HOME/bin/elasticsearch -Expack.security.enabled=false -Epath.data=/tmp/ls_integration/es-data -Ediscovery.type=single-node -Epath.logs=/tmp/ls_integration/es-logs $es_args -p $ES_HOME/elasticsearch.pid > /tmp/elasticsearch.log 2>/dev/null &
+  mkdir -p $ES_DATA_PATH $ES_LOGS_PATH
+  JAVA_HOME= $ES_HOME/bin/elasticsearch -Expack.security.enabled=false -Epath.data=$ES_DATA_PATH -Ediscovery.type=single-node -Epath.logs=$ES_LOGS_PATH $es_args -p $ES_HOME/elasticsearch.pid > /tmp/elasticsearch.log 2>/dev/null &
   count=120
   echo "Waiting for elasticsearch to respond..."
   while ! curl --silent localhost:9200 && [[ $count -ne 0 ]]; do