diff --git a/main/document/document.inc.php b/main/document/document.inc.php
index 88914a6008..82b8aa0fd6 100644
--- a/main/document/document.inc.php
+++ b/main/document/document.inc.php
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ function create_dir_form($current_dir_id) {
     global $document_id;
     
     $form = new FormValidator('create_dir_form', 'post', '', '', null, false);
+    $form->addElement('hidden', 'create_dir', 1);
     $form->addElement('hidden', 'dir_id', intval($document_id));
     $form->addElement('hidden', 'id', intval($current_dir_id));    
     $form->addElement('header', '', get_lang('CreateDir'));    
diff --git a/main/document/document.php b/main/document/document.php
index 63c2673539..37e7e169d7 100644
--- a/main/document/document.php
+++ b/main/document/document.php
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ if($is_allowed_to_edit || $group_member_with_upload_rights || is_my_shared_folde
 //Only teacher and all users into their group and any user into his/her shared folder
 if ($is_allowed_to_edit || $group_member_with_upload_rights || is_my_shared_folder(api_get_user_id(), $curdirpath, $session_id)) {
     // Create directory with $_POST data
+      
     if (isset($_POST['create_dir']) && $_POST['dirname'] != '') {
         // Needed for directory creation        
         $post_dir_name = $_POST['dirname'];