1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chmod.c b/coreutils/chmod.c
index 0cb888628..3014d374a 100644
--- a/coreutils/chmod.c
+++ b/coreutils/chmod.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int chmod_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         /* Ok, ready to do the deed now */
         do {
-                if (! recursive_action (*argv, recursiveFlag, FALSE, FALSE,
+                if (! recursive_action (*argv, recursiveFlag, TRUE, FALSE,
                                                                 fileAction,     fileAction, smode)) {
                         retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
                 }