diff --git a/inc/admin/ui/notices.php b/inc/admin/ui/notices.php
index 6eb02f6db..3700e37e6 100755
--- a/inc/admin/ui/notices.php
+++ b/inc/admin/ui/notices.php
@@ -353,14 +353,21 @@ function _imagify_warning_backup_folder_not_writable_notice() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$filesystem     = imagify_get_filesystem();
-	$has_backup_dir = wp_mkdir_p( get_imagify_backup_dir_path() );
-
-	if ( $has_backup_dir && $filesystem->is_writable( get_imagify_backup_dir_path() ) ) {
+	if ( imagify_backup_dir_is_writable() ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$backup_path = imagify_make_file_path_replative( get_imagify_backup_dir_path() );
+	$filesystem = imagify_get_filesystem();
+
+	if ( $filesystem->exists( get_imagify_backup_dir_path() ) ) {
+		/* translators: %s is a file path. */
+		$message = __( 'The backup folder %s is not writable by the server, original images cannot be saved!', 'imagify' );
+	} else {
+		/* translators: %s is a file path. */
+		$message = __( 'The backup folder %s cannot be created. Is its parent directory writable by the server? Original images cannot be saved!', 'imagify' );
+	}
+
+	$backup_path = imagify_make_file_path_replative( get_imagify_backup_dir_path( true ) );
 	?>
 	<div class="clear"></div>
 	<div class="imagify-notice error below-h2">
@@ -368,10 +375,7 @@ function _imagify_warning_backup_folder_not_writable_notice() {
 			<img class="imagify-logo" src="<?php echo IMAGIFY_ASSETS_IMG_URL; ?>imagify-logo.png" width="138" height="16" alt="Imagify" />
 		</div>
 		<div class="imagify-notice-content">
-			<p><?php
-			/* translators: %s is a file path. */
-			printf( __( 'The backup folder %s can\'t be created, original images can\'t be saved!', 'imagify' ), "<code>$backup_path</code>" );
-			?></p>
+			<p><?php printf( $message, "<code>$backup_path</code>" ); ?></p>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<?php
diff --git a/inc/admin/ui/options.php b/inc/admin/ui/options.php
index 5f0607a36..9aa9c3967 100755
--- a/inc/admin/ui/options.php
+++ b/inc/admin/ui/options.php
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ function _imagify_display_options_page() {
 
 									<br/><strong id="backup-dir-is-writable" class="imagify-error<?php echo $backup_error_class; ?>" data-nonce="<?php echo esc_attr( wp_create_nonce( 'imagify_check_backup_dir_is_writable' ) ); ?>">
 										<?php
-										$backup_path = imagify_make_file_path_replative( get_imagify_backup_dir_path() );
+										$backup_path = imagify_make_file_path_replative( get_imagify_backup_dir_path( true ) );
 										/* translators: %s is a file path. */
-										printf( __( 'The backup folder %s can\'t be created, original images can\'t be saved!', 'imagify' ), "<code>$backup_path</code>" );
+										printf( __( 'The backup folder %s cannot be created or is not writable by the server, original images cannot be saved!', 'imagify' ), "<code>$backup_path</code>" );
 										?>
 									</strong>
 								</td>
diff --git a/inc/functions/attachments.php b/inc/functions/attachments.php
index 3c6ac900f..247e547a2 100755
--- a/inc/functions/attachments.php
+++ b/inc/functions/attachments.php
@@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ function imagify_is_attachment_mime_type_supported( $attachment_id ) {
  * @since  1.6.8
  * @author Grégory Viguier
  *
- * @return string|bool Path to the backups directory. False on failure.
+ * @param  bool $bypass_error True to return the path even if there is an error. This is used when we want to display this path in a message for example.
+ * @return string|bool        Path to the backups directory. False on failure.
  */
-function get_imagify_backup_dir_path() {
+function get_imagify_backup_dir_path( $bypass_error = false ) {
 	static $backup_dir;
 
 	if ( isset( $backup_dir ) ) {
 		return $backup_dir;
 	}
 
-	$upload_basedir = get_imagify_upload_basedir();
+	$upload_basedir = get_imagify_upload_basedir( $bypass_error );
 
 	if ( ! $upload_basedir ) {
 		return false;
@@ -223,27 +224,30 @@ function get_imagify_thumbnail_sizes() {
  * A simple helper to get the upload basedir.
  *
  * @since  1.6.7
+ * @since  1.6.8 Added the $bypass_error parameter.
  * @author Grégory Viguier
  *
- * @return string|bool The path. False on failure.
+ * @param  bool $bypass_error True to return the path even if there is an error. This is used when we want to display this path in a message for example.
+ * @return string|bool        The path. False on failure.
  */
-function get_imagify_upload_basedir() {
+function get_imagify_upload_basedir( $bypass_error = false ) {
 	static $upload_basedir;
+	static $upload_basedir_or_error;
 
 	if ( isset( $upload_basedir ) ) {
-		return $upload_basedir;
+		return $bypass_error ? $upload_basedir : $upload_basedir_or_error;
 	}
 
-	$uploads = wp_upload_dir();
+	$uploads        = wp_upload_dir();
+	$upload_basedir = trailingslashit( wp_normalize_path( $uploads['basedir'] ) );
 
 	if ( false !== $uploads['error'] ) {
-		$upload_basedir = false;
-		return $upload_basedir;
+		$upload_basedir_or_error = false;
+	} else {
+		$upload_basedir_or_error = $upload_basedir;
 	}
 
-	$upload_basedir = trailingslashit( wp_normalize_path( $uploads['basedir'] ) );
-
-	return $upload_basedir;
+	return $bypass_error ? $upload_basedir : $upload_basedir_or_error;
 }
 
 /**