diff --git a/script/setup/install-cni b/script/setup/install-cni
index 321373ccb..3bd7ef89a 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-cni
+++ b/script/setup/install-cni
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ git clone https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins.git "${TMPROOT}"/plugin
 pushd "${TMPROOT}"/plugins
 git checkout "$CNI_COMMIT"
 ./build_linux.sh
-mkdir -p $CNI_DIR
-cp -r ./bin $CNI_DIR
+$SUDO mkdir -p $CNI_DIR
+$SUDO cp -r ./bin $CNI_DIR
 $SUDO mkdir -p $CNI_CONFIG_DIR
 $SUDO cat << EOF | $SUDO tee $CNI_CONFIG_DIR/10-containerd-net.conflist
 {