diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index 8a06813925f7dd6ac5f276b3ec9f12bfa3be846a..6e9ecbe6ceaf552e7352a58c7ca2bd42f3e0338c 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ virDirCreateNoFork(const char *path,
     int ret = 0;
     struct stat st;
 
-    if (!((flags & VIR_DIR_CREATE_ALLOW_EXIST) && !virFileExists(path))) {
+    if (!((flags & VIR_DIR_CREATE_ALLOW_EXIST) && virFileExists(path))) {
         if (mkdir(path, mode) < 0) {
             ret = -errno;
             virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to create directory '%s'"),