diff --git a/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/resources/templates/scripts/configure-rsyslog.tpl.sh b/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/resources/templates/scripts/configure-rsyslog.tpl.sh
index 286c075d..ebf65f5d 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/resources/templates/scripts/configure-rsyslog.tpl.sh
+++ b/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/resources/templates/scripts/configure-rsyslog.tpl.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function configure_rsyslog() {
 
   if [[ -d {{ .pathRsyslogTLSFromOSCDir }} ]] && [[ -n "$(ls -A "{{ .pathRsyslogTLSFromOSCDir }}" )" ]]; then
     if [[ ! -d {{ .pathRsyslogTLSDir }} ]]; then
-      mkdir -m 0600 {{ .pathRsyslogTLSDir }}
+      mkdir -p {{ .pathRsyslogTLSDir }}
     fi
     if ! diff -rq {{ .pathRsyslogTLSFromOSCDir }} {{ .pathRsyslogTLSDir }} ; then
       rm -rf {{ .pathRsyslogTLSDir }}/*
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/testdata/configure-rsyslog.sh b/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/testdata/configure-rsyslog.sh
index 2135dab6..031cb06c 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/testdata/configure-rsyslog.sh
+++ b/pkg/webhook/operatingsystemconfig/testdata/configure-rsyslog.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function configure_rsyslog() {
 
   if [[ -d /var/lib/rsyslog-relp-configurator/tls ]] && [[ -n "$(ls -A "/var/lib/rsyslog-relp-configurator/tls" )" ]]; then
     if [[ ! -d /etc/ssl/rsyslog ]]; then
-      mkdir -m 0600 /etc/ssl/rsyslog
+      mkdir -p /etc/ssl/rsyslog
     fi
     if ! diff -rq /var/lib/rsyslog-relp-configurator/tls /etc/ssl/rsyslog ; then
       rm -rf /etc/ssl/rsyslog/*