diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index db67938e67..6703d4e974 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -256,10 +256,11 @@ def extract_zipped_paths(path):
 
     # we have a valid zip archive and a valid member of that archive
     tmp = tempfile.gettempdir()
-    extracted_path = os.path.join(tmp, *member.split('/'))
+    extracted_path = os.path.join(tmp, member.split('/')[-1])
     if not os.path.exists(extracted_path):
-        extracted_path = zip_file.extract(member, path=tmp)
-
+        # use read + write to avoid the creating nested folders, we only want the file, avoids mkdir racing condition
+        with open(extracted_path, 'wb') as file_handler:
+            file_handler.write(zip_file.read(member))
     return extracted_path