diff --git a/archive/diff.go b/archive/diff.go
index 8bf7c3b1d4..a805f2c0a1 100644
--- a/archive/diff.go
+++ b/archive/diff.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func ApplyLayer(dest string, layer ArchiveReader) error {
 			parent := filepath.Dir(hdr.Name)
 			parentPath := filepath.Join(dest, parent)
 			if _, err := os.Lstat(parentPath); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				err = os.MkdirAll(parentPath, 0700)
+				err = os.MkdirAll(parentPath, 0600)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}