diff --git a/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-0.yaml b/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-0.yaml
index 716e01b..1f6aaac 100644
--- a/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-0.yaml
+++ b/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-0.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ spec:
             sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=300
             sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=10
             sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes=3
+            mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql/{logs,data}
+            chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
       containers:
diff --git a/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-1.yaml b/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-1.yaml
index d5a0494..ddc744a 100644
--- a/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-1.yaml
+++ b/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql-1.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ data:
     bind-address=0.0.0.0
     port=3306
     skip-name-resolve
-    basedir=/var/lib/mysql
     datadir=/var/lib/mysql/data
     log-bin=/var/lib/mysql/logs
     plugin_dir=/var/lib/mysql/plugin
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ spec:
             sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=300
             sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=10
             sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes=3
+            mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql/{logs,data}
+            chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
       containers: