diff --git a/data/hooks/conf_regen/31-rspamd b/data/hooks/conf_regen/31-rspamd
index 6da4af643..87ed722a7 100755
--- a/data/hooks/conf_regen/31-rspamd
+++ b/data/hooks/conf_regen/31-rspamd
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ do_post_regen() {
   chown _rspamd /etc/dkim/*.mail.key
   chmod 400 /etc/dkim/*.mail.key
 
-  [ ! -e /var/log/rspamd ] || chown _rspamd:_rspamd /var/log/rspamd
+  [ ! -e /var/log/rspamd ] || chown -R _rspamd:_rspamd /var/log/rspamd
 
   regen_conf_files=$1
   [ -z "$regen_conf_files" ] && exit 0