diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index 1e4162ea5e60..52c7eb082e22 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ public class DefaultGenerator implements Generator {
             LOGGER.info("Writing file " + ignoreFileNameTarget + " (which is always overwritten when the option `openapiGeneratorIgnoreFile` is enabled.)");
             new File(config.outputFolder()).mkdirs();
             if (!ignoreFile.createNewFile()) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("Failed to create the file .openapi-generator-ignore: " + ignoreFileNameTarget);
+                // file may already exist, do nothing
             }
 
             String header = String.join("\n",