diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
index adaabfaef07c..548b460813e9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
@@ -542,7 +542,13 @@ class ScriptTransformer {
 
     let shouldCallTransform = false;
 
+    // success
+    // success
+    if (cacheFilePath) {
+      createDirectory(path.dirname(cacheFilePath));
+    }
     if (transformer && this.shouldTransform(filename)) {
+      // failed
       shouldCallTransform = true;
       const process = transformer.processAsync ?? transformer.process;
 
@@ -810,11 +816,13 @@ class ScriptTransformer {
     }
   }
 
-  shouldTransform(filename: string): boolean {
+  shouldTransform(filename: string, cacheFilePath?: string): boolean {
+    // failed
     const ignoreRegexp = this._cache.ignorePatternsRegExp;
     const isIgnored = ignoreRegexp ? ignoreRegexp.test(filename) : false;
 
     return this._config.transform.length !== 0 && !isIgnored;
+    // failed
   }
 }