diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
index 4d1e3c53c6..676f4cd53d 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
   - name: recreate koji directory structure
     file: name={{item}} state=directory owner=apache group=apache setype=httpd_sys_rw_content_t
     with_items:
+    - /mnt/fedora_koji/koji
     - /mnt/koji/compose
     - /mnt/koji/packages
     - /mnt/koji/repos