1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/parse_mode.c b/libbb/parse_mode.c
index 49573dfbb..7132c76ef 100644
--- a/libbb/parse_mode.c
+++ b/libbb/parse_mode.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extern int bb_parse_mode(const char *s, mode_t *current_mode)
                 char *e;
 
                 tmp = strtol(s, &e, 8);
-                if (*e || (tmp > 0xffffU)) { /* Check range and trailing chars. */
+                if (*e || (tmp > 07777U)) { /* Check range and trailing chars. */
                         return 0;
                 }
                 *current_mode = tmp;