diff --git a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index a7f1f5989..f7f103836 100644
--- a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ for dir in "${dirs[@]}"
 do
     mkdir -p "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
     chown -R seafile:seafile "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
+    if [ -d /shared/"$dir" ]; then rm /shared/"$dir"; fi
     ln -s "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir" /shared
 done