1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
index 5c052dbcaf75..0358ad26d2fd 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int kvp_file_init(void)
         int alloc_unit = sizeof(struct kvp_record) * ENTRIES_PER_BLOCK;
 
         if (access(KVP_CONFIG_LOC, F_OK)) {
-                if (mkdir(KVP_CONFIG_LOC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IROTH)) {
+                if (mkdir(KVP_CONFIG_LOC, 0755 /* rwxr-xr-x */)) {
                         syslog(LOG_ERR, " Failed to create %s", KVP_CONFIG_LOC);
                         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int kvp_file_init(void)
                 records_read = 0;
                 num_blocks = 1;
                 sprintf(fname, "%s/.kvp_pool_%d", KVP_CONFIG_LOC, i);
-                fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IROTH);
+                fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644 /* rw-r--r-- */);
 
                 if (fd == -1)
                         return 1;