diff --git a/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk b/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
index 7afa36d503..646f897943 100644
--- a/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
+++ b/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ define ALSA_UTILS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/alsactl/alsa-state.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service
-	mkdir $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service.d
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service.d
 	printf '[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n' \
 		>$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service.d/buildroot-enable.conf
-	mkdir $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service.d
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service.d
 	printf '[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n' \
 		>$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service.d/buildroot-enable.conf;
 endef