diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index deea305d..01f3a1b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ NEWS
   * force assertion: setting FD_CLOEXEC must work (if available)
   * [network] check return value of lseek()
   * fix unchecked return values from stream_open/stat_cache_get_entry
+  * [mod_webdav] fix logic error in handling file creation error
 
 - 1.4.34
   * [mod_auth] explicitly link ssl for SHA1 (fixes #2517)
diff --git a/src/mod_webdav.c b/src/mod_webdav.c
index a7ec31fe..04b21616 100644
--- a/src/mod_webdav.c
+++ b/src/mod_webdav.c
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ URIHANDLER_FUNC(mod_webdav_subrequest_handler) {
 
 			/* if the file doesn't exist, create it */
 			if (-1 == (fd = open(con->physical.path->ptr, O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC, WEBDAV_FILE_MODE))) {
-				if (errno == ENOENT &&
+				if (errno != ENOENT ||
 				    -1 == (fd = open(con->physical.path->ptr, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_EXCL, WEBDAV_FILE_MODE))) {
 					/* we can't open the file */
 					con->http_status = 403;