diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 0ed7a662d..8d4d9f8ab 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ copy_new_files() {
 create_local_directories() {
 	echo "Creating local pillar and salt directories if needed"
 	PILLARSALTDIR=$1
+	local_salt_dir="/opt/so/saltstack/local"
 	for i in "pillar" "salt"; do
 		for d in $(find $PILLARSALTDIR/$i -type d); do
 			suffixdir=${d//$PILLARSALTDIR/}