diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 55a99103c93..902330baaa9 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-17  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
+
+	* arc-mode.el (archive-extract-by-file): Check if directory exists
+	before deletion to not show irrelevant errors if it doesn't exist.
+
 2013-12-17  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
 	* menu-bar.el (menu-bar-tools-menu): Add `browse-web'.
diff --git a/lisp/arc-mode.el b/lisp/arc-mode.el
index 57a030bbf44..4683532c4a4 100644
--- a/lisp/arc-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/arc-mode.el
@@ -1164,8 +1164,10 @@ using `make-temp-file', and the generated name is returned."
 	  (delete-file (expand-file-name name dest)))
       (while (file-name-directory name)
 	(setq name (directory-file-name (file-name-directory name)))
-	(delete-directory (expand-file-name name dest)))
-      (delete-directory dest))))
+	(when (file-directory-p (expand-file-name name dest))
+	  (delete-directory (expand-file-name name dest))))
+      (when (file-directory-p dest)
+	(delete-directory dest)))))
 
 (defun archive-extract-other-window ()
   "In archive mode, find this member in another window."