Index: lib/vfs/interface.c
===================================================================
--- lib/vfs/interface.c	(revision 2640b21bb9700aa51a70f35f9e10732c82a7366f)
+++ lib/vfs/interface.c	(revision 33c47b5734771e54f10b2e3cf42cf2ae943b09c1)
@@ -841,18 +841,18 @@
     canonicalize_pathname (buffer);
 
-    if (lstat (buffer, &st) == 0)
-    {
-        /* Sanity check for existing directory */
-        if (!S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
-            error = _("%s is not a directory\n");
-        else if (st.st_uid != getuid ())
-            error = _("Directory %s is not owned by you\n");
-        else if (((st.st_mode & 0777) != 0700) && (chmod (buffer, 0700) != 0))
-            error = _("Cannot set correct permissions for directory %s\n");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        /* Need to create directory */
-        if (mkdir (buffer, S_IRWXU) != 0)
+    /* Try to create directory */
+    if (mkdir (buffer, S_IRWXU) != 0)
+    {
+        if (errno == EEXIST && lstat (buffer, &st) == 0)
+        {
+            /* Sanity check for existing directory */
+            if (!S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+                error = _("%s is not a directory\n");
+            else if (st.st_uid != getuid ())
+                error = _("Directory %s is not owned by you\n");
+            else if (((st.st_mode & 0777) != 0700) && (chmod (buffer, 0700) != 0))
+                error = _("Cannot set correct permissions for directory %s\n");
+        }
+        else
         {
             fprintf (stderr,