1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index d186b1fa27..a3f75fbe9d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ def mkdirhier(directory):
     try:
         os.makedirs(directory)
     except OSError as e:
-        if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+        if e.errno != errno.EEXIST or not os.path.isdir(directory):
             raise e
 
 def movefile(src, dest, newmtime = None, sstat = None):