diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 7e18c4d6e1f2..bf00a8652a83 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -900,9 +900,10 @@ static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, int mode, struct open_flags *op)
 	int lookup_flags = 0;
 	int acc_mode;
 
-	if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
-		mode = 0;
-	op->mode = mode;
+	if (flags & O_CREAT)
+		op->mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
+	else
+		op->mode = 0;
 
 	/* Must never be set by userspace */
 	flags &= ~FMODE_NONOTIFY;