diff --git a/main/knot/APKBUILD b/main/knot/APKBUILD
index 0f005cd2443..4b5618e7f12 100644
--- a/main/knot/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/knot/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz>
 pkgname=knot
 pkgver=3.2.5
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="An high-performance authoritative-only DNS server"
 url="https://www.knot-dns.cz/"
 # testsuite fails on 32 bit arches with musl 1.2
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ gpgfingerprints="good:742F A4E9 5829 B6C5 EAC6  B857 10BB 7AF6 FEBB D6AB"
 sha512sums="
 c73874b60970b4b1d14f141fa40d47d6620e475b1fb3a5f803956e3b6d8b670d7250b049b26679e1488bfba5bfcfa65ef75c68a494c94f36b60d697fa95048f7  knot-3.2.5.tar.xz
 471d3c639a8235ba09491c99d36c0a4f1074d6055ccfd3807be02a30d3ed5bbe69a84f0414ea7810db6bbc1e38f5837108e5744fc59f949ed78a262a7de4597e  knotd.confd
-979f06a83dd4326920a682f8190319577faf904e0e379b3c55e0420eb43dcb55d86c6727015634fa0c2dff1dddac43bbd5a216ff04f217ad91d670eb899dbefa  knotd.initd
+352f9f85344743670e1ed2be3a4b9e6ddffa47fcc1958c3b903713a7437da02a1ec0521d73289a826e1d6bd5ad24553116757a5763e3c2b3dba74b3220937dbb  knotd.initd
 "
diff --git a/main/knot/knotd.initd b/main/knot/knotd.initd
index 781346216ca..6ae461267e1 100644
--- a/main/knot/knotd.initd
+++ b/main/knot/knotd.initd
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ depend() {
 }
 
 start_pre() {
-	checkpath -d -m 0750 -o knot:knot /run/knot/ /var/lib/knot/
+	checkpath -d -m 0751 -o knot:knot /run/knot/
+	checkpath -d -m 0750 -o knot:knot /var/lib/knot/
 }
 
 stop() {