diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c b/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
index cc549cd78..5fb1ab2ae 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ void FAST_FUNC data_extract_all(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 			}
 		}
 		else if (existing_sb.st_mtime >= file_header->mtime) {
-			if (!(archive_handle->ah_flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_QUIET)) {
+			if (!(archive_handle->ah_flags & ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_QUIET)
+			 && !S_ISDIR(file_header->mode)
+			) {
 				bb_error_msg("%s not created: newer or "
 					"same age file exists", file_header->name);
 			}
diff --git a/testsuite/cpio.tests b/testsuite/cpio.tests
index 05b92dbe4..4cd441a60 100755
--- a/testsuite/cpio.tests
+++ b/testsuite/cpio.tests
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ link
 " "" ""
 SKIP=
 
+# avoid 'not created: newer or same age file exists' message for directories
+rm -rf cpio.testdir cpio.testdir2 2>/dev/null
+mkdir cpio.testdir
+testing "cpio extracts in existing directory" \
+"$ECHO -ne '$hexdump' | bzcat | cpio -id 2>&1; echo \$?" \
+"\
+1 blocks
+0
+" "" ""
+SKIP=
 
 # Clean up
 rm -rf cpio.testdir cpio.testdir2 2>/dev/null