diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
index 838415d3049..265459077f1 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     postrotate
         [ ! -f /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid ] || kill -USR2 `cat /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid`
     endscript
-    create 0640 nobody root
+    create 0640 dnsmasq root
 }