diff --git a/lib/ceilometer b/lib/ceilometer
index 0208753..568a544 100644
--- a/lib/ceilometer
+++ b/lib/ceilometer
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
 function configure_ceilometer() {
     setup_develop $CEILOMETER_DIR
 
-    [ -d $CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR ] && sudo mkdir -m 755 -p $CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR
+    [ ! -d $CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR ] && sudo mkdir -m 755 -p $CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR
     sudo chown $USER $CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR
 
-    [ ! -d $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR ] &&  sudo mkdir -m 755 -p $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR 
+    [ ! -d $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR ] &&  sudo mkdir -m 755 -p $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR
     sudo chown $USER $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR
 
     # ceilometer confs are copy of /etc/nova/nova.conf which must exist first