diff --git a/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides b/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides
index 62c7f949277ff41fcd9c7bd4be6680a502b9b1d5..c411669c5b89a762b5cb6eb1563caa35cfcd8244 100644
--- a/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides
+++ b/debian/backupninja.lintian-overrides
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Policy §10.9 wants 0755 or 2770 but since secrets could be stored there
 # we want this only accessed by root, and optionally by the "admingroup"
 # defined in backupninja.conf
-non-standard-dir-perm etc/backup.d/ 2770 != 0755
+non-standard-dir-perm 2770 != 0755 [etc/backup.d/]
 # The first occurrence is for the handler, the 2nd is for the package
 spelling-error-in-description rsync rsync (duplicate word) rsync
 spelling-error-in-description restic restic (duplicate word) restic