diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.sh b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.sh
index 029233f7b..5a675aa2b 100755
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.sh
+++ b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-mkdir -p /modules_mount/etc/nginx/modules
+mkdir -p /modules_mount/etc/nginx/modules/otel
 cp -R /etc/nginx/modules/* /modules_mount/etc/nginx/modules/otel