diff --git a/gio/gfile.c b/gio/gfile.c
index 3bdae74c1..68207acb6 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.c
+++ b/gio/gfile.c
@@ -3395,10 +3395,7 @@ g_file_make_directory_with_parents (GFile         *file,
       work_file = g_object_ref (parent_file);
 
       if (!result && my_error->code == G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND)
-        {
-          g_clear_error (&my_error);
-          list = g_list_prepend (list, parent_file);  /* Transfer ownership of ref */
-        }
+        list = g_list_prepend (list, parent_file);  /* Transfer ownership of ref */
       else
         g_object_unref (parent_file);
     }