diff --git a/p2p/source/load.cpp b/p2p/source/load.cpp
index bc148f5b9..4408a6279 100644
--- a/p2p/source/load.cpp
+++ b/p2p/source/load.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void Create(const std::string &path) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     orc_syscall(mkdir(path.c_str()), ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS);
 #else
-    orc_syscall(mkdir(path.c_str(), 0755));
+    orc_syscall(mkdir(path.c_str(), 0755), EEXIST);
 #endif
 }