diff --git a/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp b/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/knewfilemenu.cpp
@@ -902,15 +902,9 @@
     }
 
     KIO::Job *job;
-    if (name.contains(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
-        // If the name contains any slashes, use mkpath so that a/b/c works.
-        job = KIO::mkpath(url, baseUrl);
-        KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(KIO::FileUndoManager::Mkpath, QList<QUrl>(), url, job);
-    } else {
-        // If not, use mkdir so it will fail if the name of an existing folder was used
-        job = KIO::mkdir(url);
-        KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(KIO::FileUndoManager::Mkdir, QList<QUrl>(), url, job);
-    }
+    // UNIX throws error creating directory tree(a/b/c) while WINDOWS creates directory named a/b/c
+    job = KIO::mkdir(url);
+    KIO::FileUndoManager::self()->recordJob(KIO::FileUndoManager::Mkdir, QList<QUrl>(), url, job);
     job->setProperty("newDirectoryURL", url);
     job->uiDelegate()->setAutoErrorHandlingEnabled(true);
     KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, m_parentWidget);