diff --git a/src/yunohost/data_migrations/0008_ssh_conf_managed_by_yunohost_step2.py b/src/yunohost/data_migrations/0008_ssh_conf_managed_by_yunohost_step2.py
index 0abb18a26..f53074a89 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/data_migrations/0008_ssh_conf_managed_by_yunohost_step2.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/data_migrations/0008_ssh_conf_managed_by_yunohost_step2.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class MyMigration(Migration):
 
         # Update local archives folder permissions, so that
         # admin can scp archives out of the server
-        chown(ARCHIVES_PATH, uid="admin", gid="root")
+        if os.path.isdir(ARCHIVES_PATH):
+            chown(ARCHIVES_PATH, uid="admin", gid="root")
 
     def backward(self):