diff --git a/fsspec/asyn.py b/fsspec/asyn.py
index c27df1c2f..d1b8b33a6 100644
--- a/fsspec/asyn.py
+++ b/fsspec/asyn.py
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ async def _throttled_gather(coros, batch_size=None, **gather_kwargs):
     "_find",
     "_du",
     "_size",
+    "_mkdir",
+    "_makedirs",
 ]
 
 
@@ -624,6 +626,12 @@ async def _expand_path(self, path, recursive=False, maxdepth=None):
             raise FileNotFoundError(path)
         return list(sorted(out))
 
+    async def _mkdir(self, path, create_parents=True, **kwargs):
+        pass  # not necessary to implement, may not have directories
+
+    async def _makedirs(self, path, exist_ok=False):
+        pass  # not necessary to implement, may not have directories
+
 
 def mirror_sync_methods(obj):
     """Populate sync and async methods for obj