Laravel 5 File Facade not execute next code if statement false

with this code if file exist it will give me error

ErrorException in Filesystem.php line 338: mkdir(): File exists

instead of execute next code which will insert user table

.....
if(!File::exists($path.$data['avatar']->getClientOriginalName())){
    File::makeDirectory($path, 0755, true);
    Image::make($data['avatar']->getRealPath())->resize(200, 200)->save($path.$data['avatar']->getClientOriginalName());
    Post::create([
            'user_id' => Auth::user()->id,
            'content' => "assets/uploads".date('/Y/m/d/').$data['avatar']->getClientOriginalName(),
            'type'    => 'image'
        ]);
}
$user = new User;
$user->username = $data['username'];
$user->password = Hash::make($data['password']);
$user->avatar   = "assets/uploads".date('/Y/m/d/').$data['avatar']->getClientOriginalName();
$user->email = $data['email'];
$user->first_name = $data['first_name'];
$user->last_name = $data['last_name'];
$user->role_id = $data['level'];
$user->save();
....

AFAIK the above code should execute insert if statement true or false, should i use else statement? if so then I must repeat insert user twice and it's bad.

So, the question is why the above code return error instead of execute next code? and how to fix it?

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