diff --git a/src/unix/aix.c b/src/unix/aix.c
index faedc288a..f7ff570d7 100644
--- a/src/unix/aix.c
+++ b/src/unix/aix.c
@@ -576,9 +576,7 @@ static int uv__setup_ahafs(const char* filename, int *fd) {
 
   /* Make the necessary subdirectories for the monitor file */
   rc = uv__make_subdirs_p(filename);
-  if (rc == UV_ENAMETOOLONG)
-	  return rc;
-  if (rc == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
+  if (rc != 0)
     return rc;
 
   strcat(mon_file, filename);