1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 1c3026ccc..2a2788b68 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ int make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
         }
         ret = mkdir(path, mode);
         if (ret == -1) {
-                if (errno == EEXIST) {
+                if ((flags == FILEUTILS_RECUR) && (errno == EEXIST)) {
                         ret = 0;
                 } else {
-                        perror_msg("Cannot create directory %s", path);
+                        perror_msg("Cannot create directory '%s'", path);
                 }
         }
         return(ret);