diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 237f2fdc57..32247de4da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-02-02  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
+		- (supplicant_interface_init): don't try to create
+			/var/run/NetworkManager, since that should be done by
+			the distro package.  Causes problems for stuff like SELinux
+
 2006-02-02  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	Patch by Sureshkumar T <tsureshkumar@novell.com>:
diff --git a/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c b/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
index 19934cc10c..00910892b7 100644
--- a/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
+++ b/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
@@ -2408,9 +2408,6 @@ supplicant_interface_init (NMDevice80211Wireless *self)
 	gboolean			success = FALSE;
 	int				tries = 0;
 
-	/* Ensure our control socket directory is around */
-	mkdir (NM_WPA_CTRL_IFACE_DIR, S_IRWXU);
-
 	if (!(ctrl = wpa_ctrl_open (WPA_SUPPLICANT_GLOBAL_SOCKET, NM_WPA_CTRL_IFACE_DIR)))
 		goto exit;