diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode b/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
index 631237441..117f05da5 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ sub setupAIXsn
     }
 
 	# copy the postscripts to /install/postscripts
-	if (&runcmd("cp -p -R /xcatpost/* /install/postscripts > /dev/null 2>&1") != 0 ) {
+	if (&runcmd("mkdir -p /install/postscripts; cp -p -R /xcatpost/* /install/postscripts > /dev/null 2>&1") != 0 ) {
 		$msg = "$::sdate servicenode: Could not copy postscripts to /install/postscripts.\n";
 		`logger -t xcat $msg`;
 	}