diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index 6426b7de0e..4c101eec4f 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   shell: chown -R copr-service:copr-service /var/log/copr-dist-git
 
 - name: make sure directories are owned by copr-service:packager user
-  shell: chown -R copr-service:copr-service /var/lib/copr-dist-git
+  shell: chown -R copr-service:packager /var/lib/copr-dist-git
 
 # set ssh key, so that copr-service could access gitolite
 - name: read pub key into var