diff --git a/cmd/helm/pull_test.go b/cmd/helm/pull_test.go
index 8fc5d1ed4..1aca66100 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/pull_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/pull_test.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestPullCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				if tt.wantError {
 					if tt.wantErrorMsg != "" && tt.wantErrorMsg == err.Error() {
-						t.Fatalf("%q reported error not equel wantErr, reported: %s, wanted: %s", tt.name, err, tt.wantErrorMsg)
+						t.Fatalf("Actual error %s, not equal to expected error %s", err, tt.wantErrorMsg)
 					}
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/action/pull.go b/pkg/action/pull.go
index 360786153..fada49395 100644
--- a/pkg/action/pull.go
+++ b/pkg/action/pull.go
@@ -109,13 +109,18 @@ func (p *Pull) Run(chartRef string) (string, error) {
 		if !filepath.IsAbs(ud) {
 			ud = filepath.Join(p.DestDir, ud)
 		}
-		if _, err := os.Stat(ud); err != nil {
-			if err := os.MkdirAll(ud, 0755); err != nil {
+		// Let udCheck to check conflict file/dir without replacing ud when untarDir is .
+		udCheck := ud
+		if udCheck == "." {
+			_, udCheck = filepath.Split(chartRef)
+		}
+		if _, err := os.Stat(udCheck); err != nil {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(udCheck, 0755); err != nil {
 				return out.String(), errors.Wrap(err, "failed to untar (mkdir)")
 			}
 
-		} else if ud != "." {
-			return out.String(), errors.Errorf("failed to untar: a file or directory with the name %s already exists", ud)
+		} else {
+			return out.String(), errors.Errorf("failed to untar: a file or directory with the name %s already exists", udCheck)
 		}
 
 		return out.String(), chartutil.ExpandFile(ud, saved)