diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index d541e50b..8014d4bc 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ func (c *Context) SaveUploadedFile(file *multipart.FileHeader, dst string, perm
 	}
 	// Only chmod newly created directories to avoid "operation not permitted"
 	// errors on pre-existing directories we may not own (e.g., /tmp).
-	if statErr != nil {
+	if os.IsNotExist(statErr) {
 		if err = os.Chmod(dir, mode); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index 79d72275..2a3ce70f 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ func TestSaveUploadedFileToExistingDir(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	dst := filepath.Join(dir, "uploaded.txt")
 	require.NoError(t, c.SaveUploadedFile(f, dst))
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		os.Remove(dst)
-	})
 }
 
 func TestContextReset(t *testing.T) {