diff --git a/packaging/deb/control/postinst b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
index 93fa276854c..957f8aef307 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ case "$1" in
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/ldap.toml /etc/grafana/ldap.toml
   fi
 
-  if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
+  if [ ! -d $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
     mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/dashboards/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards/sample.yaml
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/datasources/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources/sample.yaml
   fi
 
-  if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
+  if [ ! -d $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
     mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
   fi
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
index fe4429fd0d4..cd679838487 100755
--- a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ] ; then
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/ldap.toml /etc/grafana/ldap.toml
   fi
 
-  if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
+  if [ ! -d $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
     mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/dashboards/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards/sample.yaml
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/datasources/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources/sample.yaml
   fi
 
-  if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
+  if [ ! -d $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
     mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
   fi