diff --git a/tools/tpcds-tools/bin/run-tpcds-queries.sh b/tools/tpcds-tools/bin/run-tpcds-queries.sh
index f13bc5003f4400..ab84712a3eac55 100755
--- a/tools/tpcds-tools/bin/run-tpcds-queries.sh
+++ b/tools/tpcds-tools/bin/run-tpcds-queries.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ get_session_variable() {
 }
 backup_session_variables_file="${CURDIR}/../conf/opt/backup_session_variables.sql"
 backup_session_variables() {
+    touch "${backup_session_variables_file}"
     while IFS= read -r line; do
         k="${line/set global /}"
         k="${k%=*}"
diff --git a/tools/tpch-tools/bin/run-tpch-queries.sh b/tools/tpch-tools/bin/run-tpch-queries.sh
index c2e5350a27bbb7..3ab12aa982f209 100755
--- a/tools/tpch-tools/bin/run-tpch-queries.sh
+++ b/tools/tpch-tools/bin/run-tpch-queries.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ get_session_variable() {
 }
 backup_session_variables_file="${CURDIR}/../conf/opt/backup_session_variables.sql"
 backup_session_variables() {
+    touch "${backup_session_variables_file}"
     while IFS= read -r line; do
         k="${line/set global /}"
         k="${k%=*}"