diff --git a/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.service.in b/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.service.in
index 17204145f2..61b2b9321b 100644
--- a/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.service.in
+++ b/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.service.in
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ DefaultDependencies=no
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=mkdir -p {DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/workdir{LOWERDIR} && mkdir -p {DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/upper{LOWERDIR}
+ExecStart=mkdir -p {DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/upper{LOWERDIR}
+ExecStart=mkdir -p {DATA_MOUNT_POINT}/workdir{LOWERDIR}
 RemainAfterExit=true
 StandardOutput=journal