1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mkdir.c b/mkdir.c
index 9ea3b4ea0..dc245a18e 100644
--- a/mkdir.c
+++ b/mkdir.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         strcpy (buf, *argv);
         status=stat(buf, &statBuf);
-        if (status != -1 && status != ENOENT ) {
+        if (parentFlag == FALSE && status != -1 && status != ENOENT ) {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: File exists\n", buf);
             exit( FALSE);
         }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ extern int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv)
             createPath(buf, mode);
         }
         else { 
-            if (mkdir (buf, mode) != 0) {
+            if (mkdir (buf, mode) != 0 && parentFlag == FALSE) {
                 perror(buf);
                 exit( FALSE);
             }