diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 515d13c196daf81f69dc0b5501b4b9780c8d2743..1a2894aa01942597e05dba587d33d42bd2da7c0a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int nilfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	inode = nilfs_new_inode(dir, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
+	inode = nilfs_new_inode(dir, S_IFLNK | 0777);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out;