diff --git a/ceph_deploy/mgr.py b/ceph_deploy/mgr.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ceph_deploy/mgr.py
+++ b/ceph_deploy/mgr.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def create_mgr(distro, name, cluster, init):
         name=name
         )
 
-    conn.remote_module.safe_mkdir(path)
+    conn.remote_module.safe_makedirs(path)
 
     bootstrap_keyring = '/var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mgr/{cluster}.keyring'.format(
         cluster=cluster
[RM-<I>] Use recursive dir creation