diff --git a/srcpkgs/os-prober/template b/srcpkgs/os-prober/template
index c8b45eda1b1..5ff4032fe79 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/os-prober/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/os-prober/template
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/os-prober
 	vmkdir var/lib/os-prober
 	vmkdir usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted
-	vmkdir var/lib/os-prober
+	vmkdir var/lib/os-prober/mount
 	touch ${DESTDIR}/var/lib/os-prober/mount/.owned
 
 	vinstall os-prober 755 usr/bin