diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml
index 414cfed4c7..521c6cd5b0 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ items:
       format = %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
       datefmt = %H:%M:%S
     start.sh: |-
-      mkdir /httpdir/run
+      mkdir -p /httpdir/run
       ln -s /etc/httpd/modules /httpdir/modules
       truncate --size=0 /httpdir/accesslog /httpdir/errorlog
       tail -qf /httpdir/accesslog /httpdir/errorlog &