Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/tests/storage/remoteexecutor.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/tests/storage/remoteexecutor.py	(revision 80552)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/tests/storage/remoteexecutor.py	(revision 80553)
@@ -255,6 +255,6 @@
         if self.oTxsSession is not None:
             fRc = self.oTxsSession.syncMkDir(sDir, fMode, cMsTimeout);
-        else:
-            fRc = self.execBinaryNoStdOut('mkdir', ('-m', format(fMode, 'o'), sDir));
+        elif not os.path.isdir(sDir):
+            fRc = os.mkdir(sDir, fMode);
 
         return fRc;