diff --git a/anaconda b/anaconda
index 1db5e38..8fa69b4 100755
--- a/anaconda
+++ b/anaconda
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
setupEnvironment()
# make sure we have /var/log soon, some programs fail to start without it
- os.mkdir("/var/log", 0755)
+ if not os.path.exists("/var/log"):
+ os.mkdir("/var/log", 0755)