diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index ced6d5ead170837601d86f6350797227cb266cc7..f21fcbab0f46ed6970daa881194134e173f586f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Feeds 6.x 1.0 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 ----------------------------------
 
+- #725392 nicholasThompson: FeedsBatch does not check feeds folder exists before
+  uploading.
 - #776972 lyricnz: Messages use plural when describing single item.
 - #701390 frega, morningtime, Mixologic, alex_b et. al.: Fix RSS 1.0 parsing
   and add basic test framework for common_syndication_parser.
diff --git a/includes/FeedsBatch.inc b/includes/FeedsBatch.inc
index b27b648e70ab8750a612ee04addf4b089cfbb46a..4860f89f0cab30cc2c1a696aa861f3d4de35637d 100644
--- a/includes/FeedsBatch.inc
+++ b/includes/FeedsBatch.inc
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ class FeedsImportBatch extends FeedsBatch {
    */
   public function getFilePath() {
     if (!isset($this->file_path)) {
-      $dest = file_destination(file_directory_path() .'/feeds/'. get_class($this) .'_'. md5($this->url) .'_'. time(), FILE_EXISTS_RENAME);
+      $dir = file_directory_path() .'/feeds/';
+      if (!file_check_directory($dir, TRUE)) {
+        throw new Exception(t('Feeds directory either cannot be created or is not writable.'));
+      }
+      $dest = file_destination($dir . get_class($this) .'_'. md5($this->url) .'_'. time(), FILE_EXISTS_RENAME);
       $this->file_path = file_save_data($this->getRaw(), $dest);
       if($this->file_path === 0) {
         throw new Exception(t('Cannot write content to %dest', array('%dest' => $dest)));