diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 1d8d6bee..e4a83d83 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -6375,6 +6375,9 @@ function upgrade_golang {
 	fi
 
 	export GVM_ROOT=$GVM_HOME
+	if [ ! -d $GVM_ROOT ]; then
+		mkdir -p $GVM_ROOT
+	fi
 	[[ -s "$GVM_ROOT/scripts/gvm" ]] && source "$GVM_ROOT/scripts/gvm"
 	if [ ! -f $GVM_ROOT/bin/gvm ]; then
 		echo $'gvm was not installed'