diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml b/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml
index 87c7a9509..3975d654c 100644
--- a/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ The kernel configuration file is created by running the following command:
chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/linux -R &&
mkdir asm &&
cp -a ../src/linux/include/asm/* asm &&
+chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/linux -R &&
chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/asm -R