diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index 4f20209927e7b3d..e54f5154af542b5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -5463,9 +5463,6 @@ def test_mkdir(self):
 
             old_zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo("directory4/")
             old_zinfo.external_attr = (0o40777 << 16) | 0x10
-            old_zinfo.CRC = 0
-            old_zinfo.file_size = 0
-            old_zinfo.compress_size = 0
             zf.mkdir(old_zinfo)
             new_zinfo = zf.filelist[3]
             self.assertEqual(old_zinfo.filename, "directory4/")
@@ -5476,6 +5473,32 @@ def test_mkdir(self):
             zf.extractall(target)
             self.assertEqual(set(os.listdir(target)), {"directory", "directory2", "directory3", "directory4"})
 
+    def test_mkdir_zipinfo_preserves_metadata(self):
+        zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo("directory/", (2001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+        zinfo.compress_type = zipfile.ZIP_STORED
+        zinfo.compress_level = 1
+        zinfo.comment = b"comment"
+        zinfo.extra = b"\x99\x99\x00\x00"
+        zinfo.external_attr = (0o40700 << 16) | 0x10
+        zinfo.file_size = 1
+        zinfo.compress_size = 2
+
+        archive = io.BytesIO()
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive, "w") as zf:
+            zf.mkdir(zinfo)
+            self.assertEqual(zinfo.compress_level, 1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.CRC, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.file_size, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.compress_size, 0)
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive) as zf:
+            written = zf.getinfo("directory/")
+        self.assertEqual(written.date_time, (2001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+        self.assertEqual(written.compress_type, zipfile.ZIP_STORED)
+        self.assertEqual(written.comment, b"comment")
+        self.assertEqual(written.extra, b"\x99\x99\x00\x00")
+        self.assertEqual(written.external_attr, (0o40700 << 16) | 0x10)
+
     def test_create_directory_with_write(self):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, "w") as zf:
             zf.writestr(zipfile.ZipInfo('directory/'), '')
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index 418933a2e8d9e87..03d18cbc1fcf33a 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -2529,8 +2529,6 @@ def write(self, filename, arcname=None,
                                   strict_timestamps=self._strict_timestamps)
 
         if zinfo.is_dir():
-            zinfo.compress_size = 0
-            zinfo.CRC = 0
             self.mkdir(zinfo)
         else:
             if compress_type is not None:
@@ -2590,14 +2588,13 @@ def mkdir(self, zinfo_or_directory_name, mode=511):
             if not directory_name.endswith("/"):
                 directory_name += "/"
             zinfo = ZipInfo(directory_name)
-            zinfo.compress_size = 0
-            zinfo.CRC = 0
             zinfo.external_attr = ((0o40000 | mode) & 0xFFFF) << 16
-            zinfo.file_size = 0
             zinfo.external_attr |= 0x10
         else:
             raise TypeError("Expected type str or ZipInfo")
 
+        zinfo.CRC = zinfo.compress_size = zinfo.file_size = 0
+
         with self._lock:
             if self._seekable:
                 self.fp.seek(self.start_dir)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-20-04-33-58.gh-issue-154174.A7mQ2x.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-20-04-33-58.gh-issue-154174.A7mQ2x.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..74054a1bc2b6075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-20-04-33-58.gh-issue-154174.A7mQ2x.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :meth:`zipfile.ZipFile.mkdir` failing with an :class:`zipfile.ZipInfo`
+that does not already have a ``CRC`` attribute.