diff --git a/tool/pkg_createdb.c b/tool/pkg_createdb.c
--- a/tool/pkg_createdb.c
+++ b/tool/pkg_createdb.c
@@ -261,15 +261,21 @@
 	for (i = 0; files[i]; i++) {
 		ret = chown(files[i], GLOBAL_USER, OWNER_ROOT);
 		if (ret == -1) {
+			if (files[i] == journal_file && errno == ENOENT)
+				continue;
 			strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
-			_E("FAIL : chown %s %d.%d, because %s", db_file, GLOBAL_USER, OWNER_ROOT, buf);
+			_E("FAIL : chown %s %d.%d, because %s", files[i], GLOBAL_USER, OWNER_ROOT, buf);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		ret = chmod(files[i], S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH);
 		if (ret == -1) {
+			if (files[i] == journal_file && errno == ENOENT)
+				continue;
 			strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
-			_E("FAIL : chmod %s 0664, because %s", db_file, buf);
+			_E("FAIL : chmod %s 0664, because %s", files[i], buf);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}

--- a/tool/pkg_initdb.c
+++ b/tool/pkg_initdb.c
@@ -208,15 +208,21 @@
 	for (i = 0; files[i]; i++) {
 		ret = chown(files[i], GLOBAL_USER, OWNER_ROOT);
 		if (ret == -1) {
+			if (files[i] == journal_file && errno == ENOENT)
+				continue;
 			strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
-			_E("FAIL : chown %s %d.%d, because %s", db_file, GLOBAL_USER, OWNER_ROOT, buf);
+			_E("FAIL : chown %s %d.%d, because %s", files[i], GLOBAL_USER, OWNER_ROOT, buf);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		ret = chmod(files[i], S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH);
 		if (ret == -1) {
+			if (files[i] == journal_file && errno == ENOENT)
+				continue;
 			strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
-			_E("FAIL : chmod %s 0664, because %s", db_file, buf);
+			_E("FAIL : chmod %s 0664, because %s", files[i], buf);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}