diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
index e5caf3a..c878b21 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@
     }
 
     // Prepare target path
-    unique_fd target_fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(loop.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0664)));
+    unique_fd target_fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(loop.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0600)));
     if (target_fd.get() == -1) {
         PERROR << "Cannot open target path: " << loop;
         return false;