diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-tcpreplay b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-tcpreplay
index a5c75c267..3f5c0aead 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-tcpreplay
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-tcpreplay
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ if ! docker ps | grep -q so-tcpreplay; then
   echo
 
   TRUSTED_CONTAINERS=("so-tcpreplay")
-  update_docker_containers "tcpreplay"
+  mkdir -p /opt/so/log/tcpreplay
+  update_docker_containers "tcpreplay" "" "" "/opt/so/log/tcpreplay/init.log"
   so-tcpreplay-start || fail "Unable to initialize tcpreplay"
 fi