1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 7c4a3547f..f9415f509 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1781,8 +1781,7 @@ int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode UNUSED_PARAM)
         if ( (ret=mkdir(path)) < 0 ) {
                 lerrno = errno;
                 if ( lerrno == EACCES && stat(path, &st) == 0 ) {
-                        ret = 0;
-                        lerrno = 0;
+                        lerrno = EEXIST;
                 }
         }