diff --git a/s6.go b/s6.go
index 3a3e390..2544efd 100644
--- a/s6.go
+++ b/s6.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (t *S6SvcTree) S6CommitService(s *S6Svc) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	sdir := filepath.Join(t.rcdir, string(s.Name))
-	if err = os.Mkdir(sdir, fs.ModeDir|0777); err != nil {
+	if err = os.Mkdir(sdir, fs.ModeDir|0777); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (t *S6SvcTree) S6CommitService(s *S6Svc) (err error) {
 
 	for _, v := range kvfiles {
 		var f *os.File
-		if f, err = os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(sdir, v.name), os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR, fs.FileMode(v.perm)); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
+		if f, err = os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(sdir, v.name), os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR, fs.FileMode(v.perm)); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(f, v.value)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (t *S6SvcTree) S6CommitService(s *S6Svc) (err error) {
 		dirname = "dependencies.d"
 	}
 	cdir := filepath.Join(sdir, dirname)
-	if err = os.Mkdir(cdir, fs.ModeDir|0777); err != nil {
+	if err = os.Mkdir(cdir, fs.ModeDir|0777); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (t *S6SvcTree) S6CommitService(s *S6Svc) (err error) {
 			return
 		}
 		sdir := filepath.Join(t.envdir, string(s.Name))
-		if err = os.Mkdir(sdir, fs.ModeDir|0777); err != nil {
+		if err = os.Mkdir(sdir, fs.ModeDir|0777); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
 			return
 		}
 		for k, v := range s.env {