diff --git a/src/common/filefn.cpp b/src/common/filefn.cpp
index 940e50bc18..c98cb1d890 100644
--- a/src/common/filefn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filefn.cpp
@@ -1350,10 +1350,10 @@ bool wxMkdir(const wxString& dir, int perm)
     // assume mkdir() has 2 args on non Windows-OS/2 platforms and on Windows too
     // for the GNU compiler
 #if (!(defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(__OS2__) || defined(__DOS__))) || (defined(__GNUWIN32__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)) || defined(__WINE__) || defined(__WXMICROWIN__)
-  #ifndef MSVCRT
-    if ( mkdir(wxFNCONV(dirname), perm) != 0 )
-  #else
+  #if defined(MSVCRT)
     if ( mkdir(wxFNCONV(dirname)) != 0 )
+  #else
+    if ( mkdir(wxFNCONV(dirname), perm) != 0 )
   #endif
 #elif defined(__OS2__)
     if (::DosCreateDir((PSZ)dirname, NULL) != 0) // enhance for EAB's??