diff --git a/fs/incfs/pseudo_files.c b/fs/incfs/pseudo_files.c
index ff4cb941a1d8..e51621fbf1af 100644
--- a/fs/incfs/pseudo_files.c
+++ b/fs/incfs/pseudo_files.c
@@ -863,6 +863,12 @@ static long ioctl_create_mapped_file(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
+	error = chmod(file_dentry, args.mode | 0222);
+	if (error) {
+		pr_debug("incfs: chmod err: %d\n", error);
+		goto delete_file;
+	}
+
 	/* Save the file's size as an xattr for easy fetching in future. */
 	size_attr_value = cpu_to_le64(args.size);
 	error = vfs_setxattr(file_dentry, INCFS_XATTR_SIZE_NAME,