diff --git a/debian/openstack-cluster-installer-poc.oci-poc-vms.init b/debian/openstack-cluster-installer-poc.oci-poc-vms.init
index 54ebcb2f9cde460dfffd328c3089c449dd120796..795ab46abadd4fdf73af512ad7183f7efb8ab6a8 100644
--- a/debian/openstack-cluster-installer-poc.oci-poc-vms.init
+++ b/debian/openstack-cluster-installer-poc.oci-poc-vms.init
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 TMPL_DIR=/var/lib/openstack-cluster-installer-poc/templates
 RUNT_DIR=/var/lib/openstack-cluster-installer-poc/runtime
 PID_DIR=/var/run/oci-poc
-mkdir ${PID_DIR}
+[ -d $PID_DIR ] || mkdir ${PID_DIR}
 
 DESC="OCI PoC VMs startup"
 NAME="oci-poc-vms"