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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-boot.scm1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index a1ff4dd1ea..8ac99af66c 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ using the kernel build-in overlayfs."
   ;; Make sure /root/etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
   (false-if-exception
     (delete-file "/root/etc/mtab"))
+  (mkdir-p "/root/etc")
   (symlink "/proc/self/mounts" "/root/etc/mtab"))
 
 (define (switch-root root)