diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a133f47d..31ff6564 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 ### Fixed
 * nginx: Munin url config is now a template to insert the server-status prefix
 * redis: In instance mode, ensure to replace the nrpe check_redis with the instance check script
+* redis: Don't set the owner of /var/{lib,log}/redis to a redis instance account 
 * nagios-nrpe: check_process now return the error code (making the check more usefull than /bin/true)
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/redis/tasks/instances.yml b/redis/tasks/instances.yml
index 02fe4892..f3cd8f4c 100644
--- a/redis/tasks/instances.yml
+++ b/redis/tasks/instances.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@
   tags:
     - redis
 
+- name: Ensure redis base folders will be accessible for all instances
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+    owner: "redis"
+    group: "redis"
+  with_items:
+    - "/var/lib/redis"
+    - "/var/log/redis"
+
 - name: Instances directories are present
   file:
     dest: "{{ item }}"
@@ -60,9 +71,7 @@
     owner: "redis-{{ redis_instance_name }}"
     group: "redis-{{ redis_instance_name }}"
   with_items:
-    - "/var/lib/redis"
     - "{{ redis_dbdir }}"
-    - "/var/log/redis"
     - "{{ redis_logfile | dirname }}"
   tags:
     - redis