diff --git a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
index 5b6b4b351c3..7b6a1ed6d71 100644
--- a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
+++ b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
     if ! getent passwd cloud >/dev/null; then
         adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home /var/lib/cloudstack/management cloud
     else
-        usermod -m /var/lib/cloudstack/management cloud
+        usermod -m -d /var/lib/cloudstack/management cloud
     fi
     chown cloud /var/log/cloudstack/management
-fi
+fi
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