diff --git a/openCryptoki.changes b/openCryptoki.changes
index 73145a7..f0f3e61 100644
--- a/openCryptoki.changes
+++ b/openCryptoki.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 30 00:04:41 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Do not ignore errors from groupadd. If groupadd fails,
+  installation ought not to proceed because files would have the
+  wrong ownership.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 29 22:45:36 UTC 2018 - mpost@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openCryptoki.spec b/openCryptoki.spec
index 10087d3..6047b08 100644
--- a/openCryptoki.spec
+++ b/openCryptoki.spec
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/opencryptoki/methods
 
 %pre
-%{service_add_pre pkcsslotd.service}
 # autobuild:/work/cd/lib/misc/group
 # openCryptoki    pkcs11:x:64:
-%{_bindir}/getent group %{pkcs11_group_id} >/dev/null || %{_sbindir}/groupadd -g %{pkcs11_group_id} -r pkcs11 || true
+%{_bindir}/getent group %{pkcs11_group_id} >/dev/null || %{_sbindir}/groupadd -g %{pkcs11_group_id} -r pkcs11
 %{_sbindir}/usermod -a -G pkcs11 root
+%{service_add_pre pkcsslotd.service}
 
 %preun
 %{service_del_preun pkcsslotd.service}