diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 0eea4e92635733e7d541a7d38740a02e40880ebd..98f142a8e56e0f263ffdd4fca37f1bf2ea5deead 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -6968,9 +6968,7 @@ 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);