diff --git a/Filesystem.php b/Filesystem.php
index ae9fceedb6..3ce833fcfb 100644
--- a/Filesystem.php
+++ b/Filesystem.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function mkdir($dirs, $mode = 0777)
                 if (!is_dir($dir)) {
                     // The directory was not created by a concurrent process. Let's throw an exception with a developer friendly error message if we have one
                     if (self::$lastError) {
-                        throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to create "%s": '.self::$lastError, $dir), 0, null, $dir);
+                        throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to create "%s": ', $dir).self::$lastError, 0, null, $dir);
                     }
                     throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to create "%s".', $dir), 0, null, $dir);
                 }
@@ -172,16 +172,16 @@ public function remove($files)
             if (is_link($file)) {
                 // See https://bugs.php.net/52176
                 if (!(self::box('unlink', $file) || '\\' !== \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR || self::box('rmdir', $file)) && file_exists($file)) {
-                    throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to remove symlink "%s": '.self::$lastError, $file));
+                    throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to remove symlink "%s": ', $file).self::$lastError);
                 }
             } elseif (is_dir($file)) {
                 $this->remove(new \FilesystemIterator($file, \FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_PATHNAME | \FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS));
 
                 if (!self::box('rmdir', $file) && file_exists($file)) {
-                    throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to remove directory "%s": '.self::$lastError, $file));
+                    throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to remove directory "%s": ', $file).self::$lastError);
                 }
             } elseif (!self::box('unlink', $file) && file_exists($file)) {
-                throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to remove file "%s": '.self::$lastError, $file));
+                throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to remove file "%s": ', $file).self::$lastError);
             }
         }
     }