diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 7ceef6eb61..774272e2b5 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -6956,7 +6956,9 @@ static int vm_execmain(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 	/* Set language from config to override channel language */
 	if (!ast_strlen_zero(vmu->language))
 		ast_string_field_set(chan, language, vmu->language);
+#ifndef IMAP_STORAGE
 	create_dirpath(vms.curdir, sizeof(vms.curdir), vmu->context, vms.username, "");
+#endif	
 	/* Retrieve old and new message counts */
 	ast_debug(1, "Before open_mailbox\n");
 	res = open_mailbox(&vms, vmu, OLD_FOLDER);