diff --git a/pkg/apk/fs/memfs.go b/pkg/apk/fs/memfs.go
index acce23933..a6e50b405 100644
--- a/pkg/apk/fs/memfs.go
+++ b/pkg/apk/fs/memfs.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (m *memFS) MkdirAll(path string, perm fs.FileMode) error {
 	traversed := make([]string, 0)
 	anode := m.tree
 	for _, part := range parts {
-		if part == "" {
+		if part == "" || part == "." {
 			continue
 		}
 		if anode.children == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/build/busybox.go b/pkg/build/busybox.go
index f47c28967..3a659b2e7 100644
--- a/pkg/build/busybox.go
+++ b/pkg/build/busybox.go
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ func installBusyboxLinks(fsys apkfs.FullFS, installed []*apk.InstalledPackage) e
 		if link == busybox || link == "" {
 			continue
 		}
+
 		dir := filepath.Dir(link)
+		if dir == "." {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if err := fsys.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("creating directory %s: %w", dir, err)
 		}