diff --git a/charts/gitlab/charts/task-runner/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/gitlab/charts/task-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
index f7863aae63cfe3521e019d4ffc9f6fe782050501..2c228b0e6d6b598e35d967b45bd97a94e3ea7a84 100644
--- a/charts/gitlab/charts/task-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitlab/charts/task-runner/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ spec:
           args:
             - /bin/bash
             - -c
+            - mkdir -p /srv/gitlab/tmp/backups;
             {{- if eq .Values.backups.objectStorage.backend "s3" }}
-            - cp -v -r -L /etc/gitlab/.s3cfg $HOME/.s3cfg && while sleep 3600; do :; done # alpine sleep has no infinity
+              cp -v -r -L /etc/gitlab/.s3cfg $HOME/.s3cfg && while sleep 3600; do :; done # alpine sleep has no infinity
             {{- else if eq .Values.backups.objectStorage.backend "gcs" }}
-            - sh /var/opt/gitlab/templates/configure-gsutil && while sleep 3600; do :; done
+              sh /var/opt/gitlab/templates/configure-gsutil && while sleep 3600; do :; done
             {{- end }}
           image: "{{ coalesce .Values.image.repository (include "image.repository" .) }}:{{ coalesce .Values.image.tag (include "gitlab.versionTag" . ) }}"
           {{ template "gitlab.imagePullPolicy" . }}