diff --git a/dlls/localspl/provider.c b/dlls/localspl/provider.c
index 4a6e2d208a9..0c12a0e4c51 100644
--- a/dlls/localspl/provider.c
+++ b/dlls/localspl/provider.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ static const WCHAR printersW[] = {'S','y','s','t','e','m','\\',
                                   'C','o','n','t','r','o','l','\\',
                                   'P','r','i','n','t','\\',
                                   'P','r','i','n','t','e','r','s',0};
-static const WCHAR spooldriversW[] = {'\\','s','p','o','o','l','\\','d','r','i','v','e','r','s','\\',0};
+static const WCHAR spoolW[] = {'\\','s','p','o','o','l',0};
+static const WCHAR driversW[] = {'\\','d','r','i','v','e','r','s','\\',0};
 static const WCHAR spoolprtprocsW[] = {'\\','s','p','o','o','l','\\','p','r','t','p','r','o','c','s','\\',0};
 static const WCHAR version0_regpathW[] = {'\\','V','e','r','s','i','o','n','-','0',0};
 static const WCHAR version0_subdirW[] = {'\\','0',0};
@@ -1077,7 +1078,8 @@ static BOOL WINAPI fpGetPrinterDriverDirectory(LPWSTR pName, LPWSTR pEnvironment
     /* GetSystemDirectoryW returns number of WCHAR including the '\0' */
     needed = GetSystemDirectoryW(NULL, 0);
     /* add the Size for the Subdirectories */
-    needed += lstrlenW(spooldriversW);
+    needed += lstrlenW(spoolW);
+    needed += lstrlenW(driversW);
     needed += lstrlenW(env->subdir);
     needed *= sizeof(WCHAR);  /* return-value is size in Bytes */
 
@@ -1096,8 +1098,12 @@ static BOOL WINAPI fpGetPrinterDriverDirectory(LPWSTR pName, LPWSTR pEnvironment
 
     GetSystemDirectoryW( dir, cbBuf / sizeof(WCHAR) );
     /* add the Subdirectories */
-    lstrcatW( dir, spooldriversW );
+    lstrcatW( dir, spoolW );
+    CreateDirectoryW( dir, NULL );
+    lstrcatW( dir, driversW );
+    CreateDirectoryW( dir, NULL );
     lstrcatW( dir, env->subdir );
+    CreateDirectoryW( dir, NULL );
 
     TRACE( "=> %s\n", debugstr_w( dir ) );
     return TRUE;