1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index 28315cad6..2cd178805 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ extern int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: File exists\n", *argv);
             exit( FALSE);
         }
-        if (parentFlag == TRUE)
+        if (parentFlag == TRUE) {
             createPath(*argv, mode);
+        }
         else { 
             if (mkdir (*argv, mode) != 0) {
                 perror(*argv);