diff --git a/tools/create_data.py b/tools/create_data.py
index d8c6495d6a..c920e0b1fa 100644
--- a/tools/create_data.py
+++ b/tools/create_data.py
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ def nuscenes_data_prep(root_path,
             Default: 10
     """
     nuscenes_converter.create_nuscenes_infos(
-        root_path, info_prefix, version=version, max_sweeps=max_sweeps)
+        root_path,
+        info_prefix,
+        out_dir,
+        version=version,
+        max_sweeps=max_sweeps)
 
     if version == 'v1.0-test':
         info_test_path = osp.join(out_dir, f'{info_prefix}_infos_test.pkl')
diff --git a/tools/dataset_converters/nuscenes_converter.py b/tools/dataset_converters/nuscenes_converter.py
index c53a2871f3..34112cee61 100644
--- a/tools/dataset_converters/nuscenes_converter.py
+++ b/tools/dataset_converters/nuscenes_converter.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 def create_nuscenes_infos(root_path,
                           info_prefix,
+                          out_dir,
                           version='v1.0-trainval',
                           max_sweeps=10):
     """Create info file of nuscene dataset.
@@ -86,18 +87,16 @@ def create_nuscenes_infos(root_path,
     if test:
         print('test sample: {}'.format(len(train_nusc_infos)))
         data = dict(infos=train_nusc_infos, metadata=metadata)
-        info_path = osp.join(root_path,
-                             '{}_infos_test.pkl'.format(info_prefix))
+        info_path = osp.join(out_dir, '{}_infos_test.pkl'.format(info_prefix))
         mmengine.dump(data, info_path)
     else:
         print('train sample: {}, val sample: {}'.format(
             len(train_nusc_infos), len(val_nusc_infos)))
         data = dict(infos=train_nusc_infos, metadata=metadata)
-        info_path = osp.join(root_path,
-                             '{}_infos_train.pkl'.format(info_prefix))
+        info_path = osp.join(out_dir, '{}_infos_train.pkl'.format(info_prefix))
         mmengine.dump(data, info_path)
         data['infos'] = val_nusc_infos
-        info_val_path = osp.join(root_path,
+        info_val_path = osp.join(out_dir,
                                  '{}_infos_val.pkl'.format(info_prefix))
         mmengine.dump(data, info_val_path)