diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 75275469b..28537feb0 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ if ($tempfile) {
 # this is where tmpfs will be created.
 
 mkpath "$rootimg_dir/.statelite";  # create place for NFS mounts.	
+mkpath "$rootimg_dir/.sllocal/localmnt";  # create place for localdisk mount
+mkpath "$rootimg_dir/.sllocal/log";  # create place for localdisk log
 
 # this script will get the directories.	
 # TODO: the file is re-copied in liteimg.pm