diff --git a/src/pisi/archive.py b/src/pisi/archive.py
index 9aa4263f..7956bfee 100644
--- a/src/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/src/pisi/archive.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ArchiveBase(object):
 		    os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
 		for name in dirs:
 		    os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))
-	if not os.path.exists(self.targetDir):
+	else:
 	    os.makedirs(self.targetDir)
 
 class ArchiveTarFile(ArchiveBase):