1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/util.c b/src/firejail/util.c
index 4384c2b0b..8d3b9d3cd 100644
--- a/src/firejail/util.c
+++ b/src/firejail/util.c
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ void flush_stdin(void) {
 
 void create_empty_dir_as_root(const char *dir, mode_t mode) {
         assert(dir);
-
         struct stat s;
+        
         if (stat(dir, &s)) {
                 if (arg_debug)
                         printf("Creating empty %s directory\n", dir);
@@ -707,9 +707,10 @@ void create_empty_dir_as_root(const char *dir, mode_t mode) {
                         errExit("mkdir");
                 if (chmod(dir, mode) == -1)
                         errExit("chmod");
+                if (chown(dir, 0, 0) == -1)
+                        errExit("chown");
                 ASSERT_PERMS(dir, 0, 0, mode);
         }
-
 }
 
 void create_empty_file_as_root(const char *fname, mode_t mode) {