diff --git a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
index a720acb4e..5967c5a2e 100755
--- a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
+++ b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ def makeLsyncdConf(data):
                 cmd_exclude_txt += x + "\n"
             mw.writeFile(cmd_exclude, cmd_exclude_txt)
             cmd_pass = name_dir + "/pass"
-            mw.execShell("chmod 755 " + cmd_pass)
+            if os.path.exists(cmd_pass):
+                mw.execShell("chmod 755 " + cmd_pass)
             mw.writeFile(cmd_pass, t['password'])
             mw.execShell("chmod 600 " + cmd_pass)