1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/uuencode.c b/coreutils/uuencode.c
index 1789aefbb..fc037403a 100644
--- a/coreutils/uuencode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uuencode.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int uuencode_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         }
                         break;
                 case 1:
-                        mode = umask(0666);
+                        mode = 0666 & ~umask(0666);
                         break;
                 default:
                         show_usage();