diff --git a/postgresql-setup b/postgresql-setup
index e566106..a755e11 100644
--- a/postgresql-setup
+++ b/postgresql-setup
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ script_result=0
 
 # code shared between initdb and upgrade actions
 perform_initdb(){
-	if [ ! -e "$PGDATA" -a ! -h "$PGDATA" ]
+	if [ ! -e "$PGDATA" ]
 	then
-		mkdir -p "$PGDATA" || return 1
+		mkdir "$PGDATA" || return 1
 		chown postgres:postgres "$PGDATA"
 		chmod go-rwx "$PGDATA"
 	fi
diff --git a/postgresql.spec b/postgresql.spec
index ea6b2ab..a4de426 100644
--- a/postgresql.spec
+++ b/postgresql.spec
@@ -1103,6 +1103,10 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 11 2013 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 9.2.4-2
+- postgresql-setup: don't create whole path to server's data to make sure that
+  the parent directory has correct permissions (#972425)
+
 * Wed Jun 05 2013 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 9.2.4-2
 - fix rpmlint warnings
 - fix aarch64 build by defining missing atomic operations (#970661)