diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 0e76991cb7c..494694782af 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ DEFUN ("make-directory-internal", Fmake_directory_internal,
 
   handler = Ffind_file_name_handler (dirname, Qmake_directory_internal);
   if (!NILP (handler))
-    return call3 (handler, Qmake_directory_internal, dirname, Qnil);
+    return call2 (handler, Qmake_directory_internal, dirname);
 
   dir = XSTRING (dirname)->data;