1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/remove_file.c b/libbb/remove_file.c
index 86c9a5c56..cea5d47e6 100644
--- a/libbb/remove_file.c
+++ b/libbb/remove_file.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
                                 return status;
                 }
 
-                if (rmdir(path) < 0) {
+                if (status == 0 && rmdir(path) < 0) {
                         bb_perror_msg("can't remove '%s'", path);
                         return -1;
                 }