diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 9e0bd71cf6eb..508c68d190ea 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int pstore_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	inode = pstore_get_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;
+		inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | 0750;
 		inode->i_op = &pstore_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 		inc_nlink(inode);