1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 2a2788b68..3f81d9ac2 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
                 if ((flags == FILEUTILS_RECUR) && (errno == EEXIST)) {
                         ret = 0;
                 } else {
-                        perror_msg("Cannot create directory '%s'", path);
+                        perror_msg_and_die("Cannot create directory '%s'", path);
                 }
         }
         return(ret);