diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index fb48f22bc6c..2eb2909919d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static bool createDirectoryWithParents(const QByteArray &nativeName, mode_t mode
         return true;
     if (errno == EISDIR)
         return true;
-    if (errno == EEXIST)
+    if (errno == EEXIST || errno == EROFS)
         return isDir(nativeName);
     if (errno != ENOENT)
         return false;