diff --git a/plugins/bootmisc.c b/plugins/bootmisc.c
index 88364e00..0a519f4e 100644
--- a/plugins/bootmisc.c
+++ b/plugins/bootmisc.c
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ static void setup(void *arg)
 	if (fisdir("/run")) {
 		dbg("System with new /run tmpfs ...");
 		if (!fisdir("/run/lock"))
-			makedir("/run/lock", 1777);
+			makedir("/run/lock", 01777);
 		ln("/run/lock", "/var/lock");
 		ln("/dev/shm", "/run/shm");
 
 		/* compat only, should really be set up by OS/dist */
 		ln("/run", "/var/run");
 	} else {
-		makedir("/var/lock", 1777);
+		makedir("/var/lock", 01777);
 		makedir("/var/run", 0755);
 	}
 	makedir("/var/log",        0755);