diff --git a/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/useradd b/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/useradd
index 5768f134..d27a3420 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/useradd
+++ b/apparmor.d/profiles-s-z/useradd
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ profile useradd @{exec_path} {
 
   # To create user dirs and copy files from /etc/skel/ to them
   @{HOME}/ rw,
-  @{HOME}/.** w,
+  @{HOME}/** wl,
   @{HOME}/**/ r,
   /var/lib/*/{,*} rw,
   /etc/skel/{,.**} r,