diff --git a/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp b/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp
--- a/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp
@@ -1022,7 +1022,10 @@
     } else if (not is_directory(parent_st))
       return err.report(errc::not_a_directory);
   }
-  return __create_directory(p, ec);
+  bool ret = __create_directory(p, &m_ec);
+  if (m_ec)
+    return err.report(m_ec);
+  return ret;
 }
 
 bool __create_directory(const path& p, error_code* ec) {
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.create_directories/create_directories.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.create_directories/create_directories.pass.cpp
--- a/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.create_directories/create_directories.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.create_directories/create_directories.pass.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@
     TEST_CHECK(!exists(dir));
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(dest_is_empty_path)
+{
+    std::error_code ec = GetTestEC();
+    TEST_CHECK(fs::create_directories(fs::path{}, ec) == false);
+    TEST_CHECK(ec);
+    TEST_CHECK(ErrorIs(ec, std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory));
+    ExceptionChecker Checker(path{}, std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory,
+                             "create_directories");
+    TEST_CHECK_THROW_RESULT(filesystem_error, Checker,
+                            fs::create_directories(path{}));
+}
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 TEST_CASE(nonexistent_root)
 {