1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/archival/uncompress.c b/archival/uncompress.c
index c47436ea3..b282fe811 100644
--- a/archival/uncompress.c
+++ b/archival/uncompress.c
@@ -61,11 +61,9 @@ int uncompress_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         *extension = '\0';
 
                         /* Open output file */
-                        dst_fd = bb_xopen(uncompressed_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
-
-                        /* Set permissions on the file */
-                        stat(compressed_file, &stat_buf);
-                        chmod(uncompressed_file, stat_buf.st_mode);
+                        xstat(compressed_file, &stat_buf);
+                        dst_fd = bb_xopen3(uncompressed_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT,
+                                        stat_buf.st_mode);
 
                         /* If unzip succeeds remove the old file */
                         delete_path = compressed_file;