diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
index cab33e9..1a11953 100755
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 
 	mkdir -p $rwdir
 	mount $rwdev $rwdir -t $(probe_fs_type $rwdev) -o $rwopts
+	mkdir -p $upper
 	cp -rp $save/. $upper/
 	umount $rwdir
 	rmdir $rwdir