--- debugfs/dump.c
+++ debugfs/dump.c
@@ -288,8 +288,12 @@
 		 * expect to have to create entries it.  Then fix its perms
 		 * once we've done the traversal. */
 		if (mkdir(fullname, S_IRWXU) == -1) {
+			if (strcmp(name, "") == 0) {
+				com_err("rdump", errno, "while making root directory %s, ignoring", fullname);
+			} else {
 			com_err("rdump", errno, "while making directory %s", fullname);
 			goto errout;
+			}
 		}
 
 		retval = ext2fs_dir_iterate(current_fs, ino, 0, 0,