diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/Buffer.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/Buffer.cpp
index 4effd22ee..48ac7a051 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/Buffer.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/Buffer.cpp
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ bool FileManager::backupCurrentBuffer()
 				backupFilePath += L"\\backup\\";
 
 				// if "backup" folder doesn't exist, create it.
-				if (!doesFileExist(backupFilePath.c_str()))
+				if (!doesDirectoryExist(backupFilePath.c_str()))
 				{
 					::CreateDirectory(backupFilePath.c_str(), NULL);
 				}