diff --git a/dev/build_arrow.sh b/dev/build_arrow.sh
index c8ca2ee9d4bf0..897dfcd267a13 100755
--- a/dev/build_arrow.sh
+++ b/dev/build_arrow.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 CURRENT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")"; pwd)
 source ${CURRENT_DIR}/build_helper_functions.sh
 VELOX_ARROW_BUILD_VERSION=15.0.0
-ARROW_PREFIX=$CURRENT_DIR/arrow_ep
+ARROW_PREFIX=$CURRENT_DIR/../ep/_ep/arrow_ep
 BUILD_TYPE=Release
 
 function prepare_arrow_build() {
-  sudo rm -rf arrow_ep/
+  mkdir -p ${ARROW_PREFIX}/../ && cd ${ARROW_PREFIX}/../ && sudo rm -rf arrow_ep/
   wget_and_untar https://archive.apache.org/dist/arrow/arrow-${VELOX_ARROW_BUILD_VERSION}/apache-arrow-${VELOX_ARROW_BUILD_VERSION}.tar.gz arrow_ep
-  cd arrow_ep/
+  cd arrow_ep
   patch -p1 < $CURRENT_DIR/../ep/build-velox/src/modify_arrow.patch
   patch -p1 < $CURRENT_DIR/../ep/build-velox/src/modify_arrow_dataset_scan_option.patch
 }