diff --git a/pkg/cluster/base.go b/pkg/cluster/base.go
index 57187e13..34e8448d 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/base.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/base.go
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@ func (p *ProviderBase) InitCluster(options interface{}, deployPlugins func() []s
 		}
 	}
 
+	if _, err := p.execute(&c.MasterNodes[0], []string{fmt.Sprintf("mkdir -p %s", common.K3sManifestsDir)}...); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if deployPlugins != nil {
 		// install additional manifests to the current cluster.
 		extraManifests := deployPlugins()
diff --git a/pkg/common/common.go b/pkg/common/common.go
index 1aba6588..dc54a9d4 100644
--- a/pkg/common/common.go
+++ b/pkg/common/common.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const (
 	// KubeCfgTempName default temp kube config file name prefix.
 	KubeCfgTempName = "autok3s-temp-*"
 	// K3sManifestsDir k3s manifests dir.
-	K3sManifestsDir = "/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests"
+	K3sManifestsDir = "/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/autok3s"
 	// MasterInstanceName master instance name.
 	MasterInstanceName = "autok3s.%s.master"
 	// WorkerInstanceName worker instance name.