diff --git a/libavformat/hdsenc.c b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
index fac5bcf417..1f77785f95 100644
--- a/libavformat/hdsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
@@ -329,13 +329,10 @@ static int hds_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     int ret = 0, i;
     AVOutputFormat *oformat;
 
-    if (mkdir(s->filename, 0777)) {
-        int is_error = errno != EEXIST;
-        av_log(s, is_error ? AV_LOG_ERROR : AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "Failed to create directory %s\n", s->filename);
-        if (is_error) {
-            ret = AVERROR(errno);
-            goto fail;
-        }
+    if (mkdir(s->filename, 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR , "Failed to create directory %s\n", s->filename);
+        ret = AVERROR(errno);
+        goto fail;
     }
 
     oformat = av_guess_format("flv", NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c b/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c
index 0781a0a370..d2b7c9e924 100644
--- a/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int ism_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     int ret = 0, i;
     AVOutputFormat *oformat;
 
-    if (mkdir(s->filename, 0777) < 0) {
+    if (mkdir(s->filename, 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "mkdir failed\n");
         ret = AVERROR(errno);
         goto fail;
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int ism_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             goto fail;
         }
         snprintf(os->dirname, sizeof(os->dirname), "%s/QualityLevels(%d)", s->filename, s->streams[i]->codec->bit_rate);
-        if (mkdir(os->dirname, 0777) < 0) {
+        if (mkdir(os->dirname, 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
             ret = AVERROR(errno);
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "mkdir failed\n");
             goto fail;