diff --git a/src/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapter.php b/src/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapter.php
index 19b9f8c43dc..7253de14c43 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapter.php
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ public function exists($path)
         return parent::exists($path);
     }
 
+    public function put($path, $contents)
+    {
+        // Flysystem creates any missing parent directories as part of the write. Making
+        // the directory first is another request per write on a remote disk, and on
+        // object stores it leaves an empty "directory" object behind each time.
+        return $this->filesystem->put($this->normalizePath($path), $contents);
+    }
+
     public function getFiles($path, $recursive = false)
     {
         return $this->collection(
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php
index b7f45a04687..47f438155e8 100644
--- a/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -93,4 +93,14 @@ public function it_throws_an_exception_when_requesting_absolute_paths()
 
         $this->adapter->withAbsolutePaths();
     }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function putting_a_file_does_not_make_the_directory_first()
+    {
+        $filesystem = \Mockery::mock(\Illuminate\Filesystem\FilesystemAdapter::class);
+        $filesystem->shouldReceive('put')->with('sub/dir/filename.txt', 'Hello World')->once()->andReturnTrue();
+        $filesystem->shouldNotReceive('makeDirectory');
+
+        $this->assertTrue((new FlysystemAdapter($filesystem))->put('sub/dir/filename.txt', 'Hello World'));
+    }
 }