2 files changed, 2 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index c18e66fd2..4702a5f8a 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -399,16 +399,8 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
         if (extractFlag==FALSE || tostdoutFlag==TRUE)
                 return( TRUE);
 
-        if (make_directory(header->name, header->mode, FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0) {
+        if (make_directory(header->name, header->mode, FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0)
                 return( FALSE);
-        }
-        /* make the final component, just in case it was
-         * omitted by make_directory() (which will skip the
-         * directory if it doesn't have a terminating '/') */
-        if (mkdir(header->name, header->mode) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
-                perror_msg("%s", header->name);
-                return FALSE;
-        }
 
         fixUpPermissions(header);
         return( TRUE);
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index c18e66fd2..4702a5f8a 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -399,16 +399,8 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
         if (extractFlag==FALSE || tostdoutFlag==TRUE)
                 return( TRUE);
 
-        if (make_directory(header->name, header->mode, FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0) {
+        if (make_directory(header->name, header->mode, FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0)
                 return( FALSE);
-        }
-        /* make the final component, just in case it was
-         * omitted by make_directory() (which will skip the
-         * directory if it doesn't have a terminating '/') */
-        if (mkdir(header->name, header->mode) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
-                perror_msg("%s", header->name);
-                return FALSE;
-        }
 
         fixUpPermissions(header);
         return( TRUE);