1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 6662b90932..94934233df 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ module FileUtils
         stack.push path
         path = File.dirname(path)
       end
+      stack.pop                 # root directory should exist
       stack.reverse_each do |dir|
         begin
           fu_mkdir dir, mode