diff --git a/plugins/mariadb/index.py b/plugins/mariadb/index.py
index 2777a1fbe..93c457172 100755
--- a/plugins/mariadb/index.py
+++ b/plugins/mariadb/index.py
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ def initMysqlData():
         data = mw.execShell(cmd)
         # print(data[0])
         # print(data[1])
+
+        if not mw.isAppleSystem():
+            mw.execShell('chown -R mysql:mysql ' + serverdir + '/data')
+            mw.execShell('chmod -R 755 ' + serverdir + '/data')
         return False
     return True
 
diff --git a/plugins/mysql-apt/index.py b/plugins/mysql-apt/index.py
index dad39ae3e..8b77ba3ed 100755
--- a/plugins/mysql-apt/index.py
+++ b/plugins/mysql-apt/index.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def initMysql57Data():
 
         if not mw.isAppleSystem():
             mw.execShell('chown -R mysql:mysql ' + datadir)
-            mw.execShell('chmod 755 ' + datadir)
+            mw.execShell('chmod -R 755 ' + datadir)
         return False
     return True