diff --git a/src/initscripts/helper/aws-setup b/src/initscripts/helper/aws-setup
index e3f1d0a9f..d79d1c610 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/helper/aws-setup
+++ b/src/initscripts/helper/aws-setup
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ import_aws_configuration() {
 			chmod 700 /tmp/aws-user-data.script
 
 			# Run the user-data script
-			/tmp/aws-user-data.script &>/root/user-data.log
+			/tmp/aws-user-data.script &>/var/log/user-data.log
 
 			# Delete the script right away
 			rm /tmp/aws-user-data.script