diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 77e80ee8c..0ed7a662d 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -189,9 +189,8 @@ create_local_directories() {
 				mkdir -pv $local_salt_dir$suffixdir
 			fi
 		done
-		logCmd "chown -R socore:socore $local_salt_dir/$i"
+		chown -R socore:socore $local_salt_dir/$i
 	done
-
 }
 
 disable_fastestmirror() {