diff --git a/krename/batchrenamer.cpp b/krename/batchrenamer.cpp
index 371a0da..98b2ef4 100644
--- a/krename/batchrenamer.cpp
+++ b/krename/batchrenamer.cpp
@@ -839,8 +839,11 @@ void BatchRenamer::parseSubdirs( data* f )
 
         // create the missing subdir now
         int i = 0;
-        TQString d = "";
-        while (!(d = dirs.section("/", i, i, TQString::SectionSkipEmpty)).isEmpty()) { // asignment here!
+        TQString d = TQString::null;
+        for (d = dirs.section("/", i, i, TQString::SectionSkipEmpty);
+             !d.isEmpty();
+             i++, d = dirs.section("/", i, i, TQString::SectionSkipEmpty))
+        {
             KURL url = f->dst.url;
             // it is important to unescape here
             // to support dirnames containing "&" or 
@@ -852,7 +855,6 @@ void BatchRenamer::parseSubdirs( data* f )
 
             f->dst.url.addPath( d );
             f->dst.directory.append( d + "/" );
-            i++;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/krename/krenameimpl.cpp b/krename/krenameimpl.cpp
index 1835fd1..e62c81c 100644
--- a/krename/krenameimpl.cpp
+++ b/krename/krenameimpl.cpp
@@ -1171,14 +1171,18 @@ bool KRenameImpl::setupBatchRenamer( BatchRenamer* b, bool preview )
 
             int i = 0;
             TQString d = "/";
-            while (!(d += url.section( "/", i, i, TQString::SectionSkipEmpty)).isEmpty()) { // asignment here!
-                if (!TDEIO::NetAccess::exists(d, false, parent) && !TDEIO::NetAccess::mkdir(d, parent, -1))
+            TQString ds = TQString::null;
+            for (ds = url.section("/", i, i, TQString::SectionSkipEmpty);
+                 !ds.isEmpty();
+                 i++, d.append("/"), ds = url.section("/", i, i, TQString::SectionSkipEmpty))
+            {
+                d += ds;
+                if (!TDEIO::NetAccess::exists(d, false, parent) &&
+                    !TDEIO::NetAccess::mkdir(d, parent, -1))
                 {
                     tqDebug( "Can't create %s", d.latin1() );
                     break;
                 }
-                d.append( "/" );
-                i++;
             }
         }