diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 659f3cc..5f35f4c 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -232,10 +232,9 @@
     if head and tail and not path.exists(head):
         try:
             makedirs(head, mode, exist_ok)
-        except OSError as e:
+        except FileExistsError:
             # be happy if someone already created the path
-            if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
-                raise
+            pass
         cdir = curdir
         if isinstance(tail, bytes):
             cdir = bytes(curdir, 'ASCII')