diff --git a/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts b/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts
index 5d12dbfd0e2..faca8a20627 100644
--- a/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-builder/src/asarUtil.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ class AsarPackager {
       await this.detectUnpackedDirs(files, metadata, unpackedDirs, unpackedDest, fileIndexToModulePackageData)
     }
 
+    const dirToCreateForUnpackedFiles = new Set<string>(unpackedDirs)
+
     const filesToUnpack: Array<UnpackedFileTask> = []
     const mainPackageJson = path.join(this.src, "package.json")
     const fileCopier = new FileCopier()
@@ -189,8 +191,8 @@ class AsarPackager {
         if (dirNode.unpacked || (this.unpackPattern != null && this.unpackPattern(file, stat))) {
           node.unpacked = true
 
-          if (!dirNode.unpacked && !unpackedDirs.has(fileParent)) {
-            unpackedDirs.add(fileParent)
+          if (!dirNode.unpacked && !dirToCreateForUnpackedFiles.has(fileParent)) {
+            dirToCreateForUnpackedFiles.add(fileParent)
             await ensureDir(fileParent.replace(this.src, unpackedDest))
           }
 
diff --git a/test/src/globTest.ts b/test/src/globTest.ts
index 802a88b1dc0..d2b3b881b4b 100644
--- a/test/src/globTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/globTest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { outputFile, symlink, writeFile } from "fs-extra-p"
+import { outputFile, symlink, writeFile, mkdirs } from "fs-extra-p"
 import { assertPack, modifyPackageJson, app, PackedContext } from "./helpers/packTester"
 import BluebirdPromise from "bluebird-lst-c"
 import * as path from "path"
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ import { assertThat } from "./helpers/fileAssert"
 import { Platform, DIR_TARGET } from "electron-builder"
 import { statFile } from "asar-electron-builder"
 
-function createFiles(appDir: string) {
-  return BluebirdPromise.all([
+async function createFiles(appDir: string) {
+  await BluebirdPromise.all([
     outputFile(path.join(appDir, "assets", "file"), "data"),
     outputFile(path.join(appDir, "b2", "file"), "data"),
     outputFile(path.join(appDir, "do-not-unpack-dir", "file.json"), "{}")
-      .then(() => writeFile(path.join(appDir, "do-not-unpack-dir", "must-be-not-unpacked"), "{}")),
+      .then(() => writeFile(path.join(appDir, "do-not-unpack-dir", "must-be-not-unpacked"), "{}"))
   ])
+
+  const dir = path.join(appDir, "do-not-unpack-dir", "dir-2", "dir-3", "dir-3")
+  await mkdirs(dir)
+  await writeFile(path.join(dir, "file-in-asar"), "{}")
 }
 
 test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("unpackDir one", app({
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ function assertDirs(context: PackedContext) {
     assertThat(path.join(context.getResources(Platform.LINUX), "app.asar.unpacked", "b2")).isDirectory(),
     assertThat(path.join(context.getResources(Platform.LINUX), "app.asar.unpacked", "do-not-unpack-dir", "file.json")).isFile(),
     assertThat(path.join(context.getResources(Platform.LINUX), "app.asar.unpacked", "do-not-unpack-dir", "must-be-not-unpacked")).doesNotExist(),
+    assertThat(path.join(context.getResources(Platform.LINUX), "app.asar.unpacked", "do-not-unpack-dir", "dir-2")).doesNotExist(),
   ])
 }
 test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("unpackDir", () => {
diff --git a/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts b/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts
index 89df1a09148..544cf6e5afb 100755
--- a/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts
+++ b/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ async function runTests() {
 
   require("jest-cli").runCLI({
     verbose: true,
-    updateSnapshot: true,
+    updateSnapshot: false,
     config: config,
     bail: process.env.TEST_BAIL === "true",
     runInBand: process.env.RUN_IN_BAND === "true",