diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
index 7c3cc7516d..261cd92617 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ struct userdata
 static bool zlib_cb(const char *name, const uint8_t *cdata, unsigned cmode, uint32_t csize, uint32_t size,
       uint32_t crc32, void *userdata)
 {
+   char path[PATH_MAX];
+   char path_dir[PATH_MAX];
    struct userdata *user = userdata;
    const char *subdir = user->subdir;
    const char *dest   = user->dest;
@@ -31,8 +33,6 @@ static bool zlib_cb(const char *name, const uint8_t *cdata, unsigned cmode, uint
 
    name += strlen(subdir) + 1;
 
-   char path[PATH_MAX];
-   char path_dir[PATH_MAX];
    fill_pathname_join(path, dest, name, sizeof(path));
    fill_pathname_basedir(path_dir, path, sizeof(path_dir));
 
diff --git a/apple/iOS/browser.m b/apple/iOS/browser.m
index c9405943fc..4c90ec3bc6 100644
--- a/apple/iOS/browser.m
+++ b/apple/iOS/browser.m
@@ -30,20 +30,17 @@ static bool zlib_extract_callback(const char *name,
                                 const uint8_t *cdata, unsigned cmode, uint32_t csize, uint32_t size,
                                 uint32_t crc32, void *userdata)
 {
-   char path[PATH_MAX];   
+   char path[PATH_MAX], msg[256];
    
-   if (cmode != 0 && cmode != 8)
-   {
-       char msg[256];
-       snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "Could not unzip %s (unknown mode %d)", name, cmode);
-      apple_display_alert(msg, "Action Failed");
-      return false;
-   }
-
    // Make directory
    fill_pathname_join(path, (const char*)userdata, name, sizeof(path));
    path_basedir(path);
-   path_mkdir(path);
+
+   if (!path_mkdir(path_dir))
+   {
+      RARCH_ERR("Failed to create dir: %s.\n", path_dir);
+      return false;
+   }
 
    // Ignore directories
    if (name[strlen(name) - 1] == '/')
@@ -59,6 +56,10 @@ static bool zlib_extract_callback(const char *name,
       case 8: // Deflate
          zlib_inflate_data_to_file(path, cdata, csize, size, crc32);
          break;
+      default:
+         snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "Could not unzip %s (unknown mode %d)", name, cmode);
+         apple_display_alert(msg, "Action Failed");
+         return false;
    }
 
    return true;