diff --git a/_pytest/junitxml.py b/_pytest/junitxml.py
index 84a872e4a..8f6c36ff9 100644
--- a/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class LogXML(object):
 
     def pytest_sessionfinish(self):
         dirname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(self.logfile))
-        if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+        if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
             os.makedirs(dirname)
         logfile = open(self.logfile, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
         suite_stop_time = time.time()
diff --git a/_pytest/resultlog.py b/_pytest/resultlog.py
index 44312d319..3670f0214 100644
--- a/_pytest/resultlog.py
+++ b/_pytest/resultlog.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     # prevent opening resultlog on slave nodes (xdist)
     if resultlog and not hasattr(config, 'slaveinput'):
         dirname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(resultlog))
-        if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+        if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
             os.makedirs(dirname)
         logfile = open(resultlog, 'w', 1) # line buffered
         config._resultlog = ResultLog(config, logfile)