diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl
index 9cfd34402..eed6a790c 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_block.sh.tpl
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ if [ "${OSD_BLUESTORE:-0}" -ne 1 ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# NOTE(supamatt): Just in case permissions do not align up, we recursively set them correctly.
+if [ $(stat -c%U ${OSD_PATH}) != ceph ]; then
+  chown -R ceph. ${OSD_PATH};
+fi
+
 if [ "${OSD_BLUESTORE:-0}" -ne 1 ]; then
   # NOTE(supamatt): This function is a workaround to Ceph upstream bug #21142
   osd_pg_interval_fix
diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl
index 00e504b9f..36b97bd9d 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_directory.sh.tpl
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ if [[ -n "$(find /var/lib/ceph/osd -prune -empty)" ]]; then
   crush_location
 fi
 
+# NOTE(supamatt): Just in case permissions do not align up, we recursively set them correctly.
+if [ $(stat -c%U ${OSD_PATH}) != ceph ]; then
+  chown -R ceph. ${OSD_PATH};
+fi
+
 # NOTE(supamatt): This function is a workaround to Ceph upstream bug #21142
 osd_pg_interval_fix