1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 668fea7ff..1c3026ccc 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@ int make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
                 }
         }
         ret = mkdir(path, mode);
-        if ( (ret == -1) && (errno != EEXIST) ) {
-                perror_msg("Cannot create directory %s", path);
+        if (ret == -1) {
+                if (errno == EEXIST) {
+                        ret = 0;
+                } else {
+                        perror_msg("Cannot create directory %s", path);
+                }
         }
-        return ret;
+        return(ret);
 }