diff --git a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/u7z b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/u7z
index 91301c3d9..d59d92f3e 100755
--- a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/u7z
+++ b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/u7z
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mcu7zip_mkdir ()
 {
         dir=`mktemp -d "${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mctmpdir-u7z.XXXXXX"` || exit 1
         mkdir -p "$dir"/"$2"
-        $P7ZIP a -w"$dir" "$1" "$dir"/"$2" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        $P7ZIP a "$1" "$dir/${2%%/*}" >/dev/null 2>&1
         rm -rf "$dir"
 }