1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Emergency.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Emergency.pm
index e402d30f..4ee86215 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Emergency.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Emergency.pm
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ use IO::Handle;
  sub new {
          my ($class, $dir) = @_;
  
+        -d $dir or mkdir($dir) or die "failed to mkdir($dir): $!\n";
          foreach (qw(new tmp cur)) {
                  my $d = "$dir/$_";
                  next if -d $d;
-                require File::Path;
-                File::Path::mkpath($d); # croaks on fatal errors
+                -d $d or mkdir($d) or die "failed to mkdir($d): $!\n";
          }
          bless { dir => $dir, files => {}, t => 0, cnt => 0 }, $class;
  }