1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 0a9d7b160..7b7fde911 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ int make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
                 struct stat st;
 
                 if (stat (path, &st) < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
+                        int status;
                         char *parent = dirname (path);
                         mode_t mask = umask (0);
                         umask (mask);
 
-                        if (make_directory (parent, (0777 & ~mask) | 0300,
-                                                FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0)
-                                return -1;
+                        status = make_directory (parent, (0777 & ~mask) | 0300,
+                                        FILEUTILS_RECUR);
                         free (parent);
 
-                        if (make_directory (path, mode, 0) < 0)
+                        if (status < 0 || make_directory (path, mode, 0) < 0)
                                 return -1;
                 }
         }