diff --git a/htaccess-htpasswd/htaccess-lib.pl b/htaccess-htpasswd/htaccess-lib.pl
index a296144b0..0af9f6936 100644
--- a/htaccess-htpasswd/htaccess-lib.pl
+++ b/htaccess-htpasswd/htaccess-lib.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if ($module_info{'usermin'}) {
 	$apachemod = "htaccess";
 	$can_htpasswd = $config{'can_htpasswd'};
 	$can_htgroups = $config{'can_htgroups'};
-	$can_create = 1;
+	$can_create = !$config{'nocreate'};
 	}
 else {
 	# Allowed directories come from ACL