diff --git a/src/coreutils/mkdir/mkdir.c b/src/coreutils/mkdir/mkdir.c
index af9d640..25d200d 100644
--- a/src/coreutils/mkdir/mkdir.c
+++ b/src/coreutils/mkdir/mkdir.c
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "parse_mode.h"
-unsigned int v_flag;
 
-int do_mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode) {
+unsigned int v_flag;
+unsigned int p_flag;
+mode_t mode = 0777;
+
+int do_mkdir(const char *path) {
 	if (mkdir(path, mode)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "mkdir: %s %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+		if (p_flag)
+			return 0;
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "mkdir: %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ int do_mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int do_parents(const char *path, mode_t mode) {
+int do_parents(const char *path) {
 	if (path[0] == '.' || path[0] == '/')
 		return 0;
 
@@ -31,17 +37,14 @@ int do_parents(const char *path, mode_t mode) {
 	}
 
 	const char *par = dirname(path2);
-	do_parents(par, mode);
-	do_mkdir(path2, mode);
+	do_parents(par);
+	int ret = do_mkdir(path2);
 
 	free(path2);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-	unsigned int p_flag = 0;
-	mode_t mode = 0777;
-
 	int opt;
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "pm:v")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -68,12 +71,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 		if (p_flag) {
-			if (do_parents(argv[i], mode))
+			if (do_parents(argv[i]))
 				return 1;
 		}
 
 		else {
-			if (do_mkdir(argv[i], mode))
+			if (do_mkdir(argv[i]))
 				return 1;
 		}
 	}