diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 144a75160..0db2d5792 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ create_local_directories() {
 		for d in $(find $PILLARSALTDIR/$i -type d); do
 			suffixdir=${d//$PILLARSALTDIR/}
 			if [ ! -d "$local_salt_dir/$suffixdir" ]; then
-				mkdir -v "$local_salt_dir$suffixdir" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+				mkdir -pv "$local_salt_dir$suffixdir" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 			fi
 		done
 		chown -R socore:socore "$local_salt_dir/$i"