diff --git a/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs b/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs
index ec07d36e8..309b6b50e 100644
--- a/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs
+++ b/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ fn exec(dirs: Vec<String>, recursive: bool, mode: u16, verbose: bool) -> i32 {
         let path = Path::new(dir);
         if recursive {
             let mut pathbuf = PathBuf::new();
-            for component in path.components() {
-                pathbuf.push(component.as_os_str());
-                if !path.is_dir() {
-                    status |= mkdir(pathbuf.as_path(), mode, verbose);
+            if !path.is_dir() {
+                for component in path.components() {
+                    pathbuf.push(component.as_os_str());
+                    mkdir(pathbuf.as_path(), recursive, mode, verbose);
                 }
             }
         } else {
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ fn exec(dirs: Vec<String>, recursive: bool, mode: u16, verbose: bool) -> i32 {
                         );
                         status = 1;
                     } else {
-                        status |= mkdir(path, mode, verbose);
+                        status |= mkdir(path, recursive, mode, verbose);
                     }
                 }
                 None => {
-                    status |= mkdir(path, mode, verbose);
+                    status |= mkdir(path, recursive, mode, verbose);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ fn exec(dirs: Vec<String>, recursive: bool, mode: u16, verbose: bool) -> i32 {
 /**
  * Wrapper to catch errors, return 1 if failed
  */
-fn mkdir(path: &Path, mode: u16, verbose: bool) -> i32 {
+fn mkdir(path: &Path, recursive: bool, mode: u16, verbose: bool) -> i32 {
     if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir(path) {
-        show_info!("{}: {}", path.display(), e.to_string());
+        if !recursive {
+            show_info!("{}: {}", path.display(), e.to_string());
+        }
         return 1;
     }