1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg_deb.c b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
index b99f227fc..48a1ac161 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 extract_dir = argv[optind];
         }
         if (extract_dir) {
-                mkdir(extract_dir, 0777);
-                chdir(extract_dir); /* error check? */
+                mkdir(extract_dir, 0777); /* bb_make_directory(extract_dir, 0777, 0) */
+                bb_xchdir(extract_dir);
         }
         unpack_ar_archive(ar_archive);