1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 13b01351dd1c..a913b12fc7f8 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -512,7 +512,9 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
         if (unlikely(!inode))
                 return failed_creating(dentry);
 
-        inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+        if (!parent)
+                parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_root;
+        inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | ((d_inode(parent)->i_mode & 0770));
         inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
         inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;