--- /etc/init.d/autofs	2008-09-11 19:32:09.124098772 +0200
+++ /etc/init.d/autofs	2008-09-11 19:34:46.304096839 +0200
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
 	do
 		mnt=`echo $rest | sed 's/^.* \(\/[^ ]*\) [A-Za-z].*$/\1/'`
 		pidfile=/var/run/autofs/`echo $mnt | sed 's,/,_,g'`.pid
-
+		mkdir -p "$mnt"
 		start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $pidfile --quiet \
 	  		--exec $DAEMON -- --pid-file=$pidfile $rest