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diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py
index a89a9da6..2eeec85c 100644
--- a/coverage/control.py
+++ b/coverage/control.py
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ class Coverage(object):
# Create the data file. We do this at construction time so that the
# data file will be written into the directory where the process
# started rather than wherever the process eventually chdir'd to.
+ ensure_dir_for_file(self.config.data_file)
self._data = CoverageData(
basename=self.config.data_file,
suffix=suffix,