1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 9a3cff361..844559580 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -426,9 +426,12 @@ tarExtractDirectory(TarInfo *header, int extractFlag, int tostdoutFlag)
         /* make the final component, just in case it was
          * omitted by create_path() (which will skip the
          * directory if it doesn't have a terminating '/') */
-        if (mkdir(header->name, header->mode) == 0) {
-                fixUpPermissions(header);
+        if (mkdir(header->name, header->mode) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+                perror_msg("%s", header->name);
+                return FALSE;
         }
+
+        fixUpPermissions(header);
         return( TRUE);
 }