diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index b7ff2c847d..e3439a0a01 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def sync_single_repo_arch(release, repo, arch, dest_path):
         results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, 'debug', 'tree', 'Packages'),
                              os.path.join(dest_path, 'debug')))
         results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, 'debug', 'tree', 'repodata'),
-                             os.path.join(dest_path, 'debug', 'repodata'),
+                             os.path.join(dest_path, 'debug'),
                              delete=True))
         results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, 'debug', 'tree', 'Packages'),
                              os.path.join(dest_path, 'debug'),