diff --git a/mkdir_r.c b/mkdir_r.c
index 178a250..b759e05 100644
--- a/mkdir_r.c
+++ b/mkdir_r.c
@@ -17,70 +17,83 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-
-static int mkdir_r_lvl(const char *const path, int level)
-{
-    int ret = -1;
-    char *dir = NULL;
-    DIR *d = NULL;
-
-    if (!strlen(path))
-        goto exit;
-
-    const char *c = path;
-    int cur_level = 0;
-
-    while (cur_level <= level)
-    {
-        for (; *c && *c != '\\' && *c != '/'; c++)
-            ;
-
-        if (*c)
-            c++;
-
-        cur_level++;
-    }
-
-    const size_t sz = c - path + 1;
-
-    dir = malloc(sz);
-
-    if (!dir)
-        goto exit;
-
-    memcpy(dir, path, sz - 1);
-    dir[sz - 1] = '\0';
-
-    d = opendir(dir);
-
-    if (!d && mkdir(dir, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH))
-    {
-        perror("mkdir");
-        goto exit;
-    }
-
-    if (*c)
-        mkdir_r_lvl(path, cur_level);
-
-    /* No more levels left. */
-    ret = 0;
-
-exit:
-    if (dir)
-        free(dir);
-
-    if (d)
-        closedir(d);
-
-    return ret;
-}
+#include <errno.h>
 
 int mkdir_r(const char *const path)
 {
-    return mkdir_r_lvl(path, 0);
+    int ret = -1;
+    char *dup = NULL;
+
+    if (!path || !*path)
+    {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    const size_t sz = strlen(path) + 1;
+
+    dup = malloc(sz);
+
+    if (!dup)
+    {
+        errno = ENOMEM;
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(dup, path, sz);
+    char *c = dup;
+    const char *dir = dup;
+    int exit_fl = 0;
+
+    for (c = dup, dir = dup; !exit_fl; c++)
+    {
+        switch (*c)
+        {
+            case '\0':
+                exit_fl = 1;
+                /* Fall through. */
+            case '/':
+            {
+                const char cb = *c;
+
+                *c = '\0';
+
+                if (!*dir)
+                    /* Path starting with delimiter character. */
+                    ;
+                else if (!access(dir, 0))
+                {
+                    struct stat sb;
+
+                    if (stat(dir, &sb))
+                        goto exit;
+                    else if (!(sb.st_mode & S_IFDIR))
+                    {
+                        errno = ENOTDIR;
+                        goto exit;
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (mkdir(dir, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH))
+                    goto exit;
+
+                dir = dup;
+                *c = cb;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+exit:
+    if (dup)
+        free(dup);
+
+    return ret;
 }
diff --git a/mkdir_r.h b/mkdir_r.h
index 5e36f73..fb40373 100644
--- a/mkdir_r.h
+++ b/mkdir_r.h
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
  * Recursive directory creation.
  * @param path Directory path
  * @return 0 if successful, -1 otherwise.
+ * @note Sets @c errno to @c ENOMEM if internal dynamic allocation fails.
+ * @note Sets @c errno to @c EINVAL if an invalid or empty directory path is
+ * given.
+ * @note Sets @c errno to @c ENOTDIR if one of the elements from @c path is not
+ * a directory.
  */
 int mkdir_r(const char *const path);