diff --git a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index 5e5748a18..df8e60c3d 100644
--- a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ echo "... creating symlink"
 dirs=("conf" "logs" "media" "seafile-data" "seahub-data" "sqlite")
 for dir in "${dirs[@]}"
 do
-    mkdir -R "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
+    mkdir -p "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
     chown -R seafile:seafile "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
     rm /shared/"$dir"
     ln -s "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir" /shared