diff --git a/platform-independent/cli-c/cli/mpw-cli-util.c b/platform-independent/cli-c/cli/mpw-cli-util.c
index 323e7b45..e604fc56 100644
--- a/platform-independent/cli-c/cli/mpw-cli-util.c
+++ b/platform-independent/cli-c/cli/mpw-cli-util.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ bool mpw_mkdirs(const char *filePath) {
 
     // The path to mkdir is the filePath without the last path component.
     char *pathEnd = strrchr( filePath, '/' );
-    if (pathEnd)
+    if (!pathEnd)
         return true;
 
     // Walk the path.