diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog b/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
index 31d6f3e01a..8c26ec3d79 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-10	Bharath Suri <bharath.s.jois@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 1663/testing
+	* spmkdir/init.c: New cases to get the error path in rtems_mkdir
+	routine.
+
 2010-08-09	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	PR 1661/testing
diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/spmkdir/init.c b/testsuites/sptests/spmkdir/init.c
index 4b11a22981..343c2f0db4 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/spmkdir/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/spmkdir/init.c
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ static rtems_task Init(rtems_task_argument argument)
   test_mkdir("a/b/c/4", S_IRWXO, 0);
   test_mkdir("a/b", omode, 0);
   test_mkdir("a", omode, 0);
+  test_mkdir("a/b/x", S_IRUSR, 0);
+  test_mkdir("a/b/x/y", S_IRUSR, -1);
+  
+  rv = mknod("a/n", S_IRWXU | S_IFREG, 0LL);
+
+  test_mkdir("a/n/b", S_IRUSR, -1);
 
   rv = open ("b", O_CREAT | O_RDONLY, omode);
   rtems_test_assert(rv >= 0);