diff --git a/patches/xenserver/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq b/patches/xenserver/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
index a2838753d0c..f448420e176 100644
--- a/patches/xenserver/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
+++ b/patches/xenserver/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     postrotate
         [ ! -f /var/run/dnsmasq.pid ] || kill -USR2 `cat /var/run/dnsmasq.pid`
     endscript
-    create 0640 dnsmasq dnsmasq
+    create 0640 nobody root
 }