1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 4486eb1ed..6dd04cf99 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC bb_make_directory(char *path, long mode, int flags)
                 if (mkdir(path, 0777) < 0) {
                         /* If we failed for any other reason than the directory
                          * already exists, output a diagnostic and return -1 */
-                        if (errno != EEXIST
+                        if ((errno != EEXIST && errno != EISDIR)
                          || !(flags & FILEUTILS_RECUR)
                          || ((stat(path, &st) < 0) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                         ) {