diff --git a/5.7/docker-entrypoint.sh b/5.7/docker-entrypoint.sh
index f0f95053c..c5de3cad1 100755
--- a/5.7/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/5.7/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ docker_create_db_directories() {
 
 	if [ "$user" = "0" ]; then
 		# this will cause less disk access than `chown -R`
-		find "$DATADIR" \! -user mysql -exec chown mysql '{}' +
+		find "$DATADIR" \! -user mysql -exec chown --no-dereference mysql '{}' +
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/8.0/docker-entrypoint.sh b/8.0/docker-entrypoint.sh
index f0f95053c..c5de3cad1 100755
--- a/8.0/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/8.0/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ docker_create_db_directories() {
 
 	if [ "$user" = "0" ]; then
 		# this will cause less disk access than `chown -R`
-		find "$DATADIR" \! -user mysql -exec chown mysql '{}' +
+		find "$DATADIR" \! -user mysql -exec chown --no-dereference mysql '{}' +
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/template/docker-entrypoint.sh b/template/docker-entrypoint.sh
index f0f95053c..c5de3cad1 100755
--- a/template/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/template/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ docker_create_db_directories() {
 
 	if [ "$user" = "0" ]; then
 		# this will cause less disk access than `chown -R`
-		find "$DATADIR" \! -user mysql -exec chown mysql '{}' +
+		find "$DATADIR" \! -user mysql -exec chown --no-dereference mysql '{}' +
 	fi
 }