1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index f0bd7ac0e9..e9eda881d0 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2751,10 +2751,10 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
 
 	logfd = open(logfile, oflags, 0666);
 	if (logfd < 0) {
-		if (!(oflags & O_CREAT) && errno == ENOENT)
+		if (!(oflags & O_CREAT) && (errno == ENOENT || errno == EISDIR))
 			return 0;
 
-		if ((oflags & O_CREAT) && errno == EISDIR) {
+		if (errno == EISDIR) {
 			if (remove_empty_directories(logfile)) {
 				return error("There are still logs under '%s'",
 					     logfile);