1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chmod.c b/coreutils/chmod.c
index e260adab2..5832cc51b 100644
--- a/coreutils/chmod.c
+++ b/coreutils/chmod.c
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ static int FAST_FUNC fileAction(struct recursive_state *state,
 
         if (chmod(fileName, newmode) == 0) {
                 if (OPT_VERBOSE
-                 || (OPT_CHANGED && statbuf->st_mode != newmode)
+                 || (OPT_CHANGED
+                     && (statbuf->st_mode & 07777) != (newmode & 07777))
                 ) {
+                        char modestr[12];
                         printf("mode of '%s' changed to %04o (%s)\n", fileName,
-                                newmode & 07777, bb_mode_string(newmode)+1);
+                                newmode & 07777, bb_mode_string(modestr, newmode)+1);
                 }
                 return TRUE;
         }