diff --git a/cryptfs.c b/cryptfs.c
index e1c177d..e6439fe 100644
--- a/cryptfs.c
+++ b/cryptfs.c
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@
             /* wipe data if encryption failed */
             SLOGE("encryption failed - rebooting into recovery to wipe data\n");
             mkdir("/cache/recovery", 0700);
-            int fd = open("/cache/recovery/command", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC);
+            int fd = open("/cache/recovery/command", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0600);
             if (fd >= 0) {
                 write(fd, "--wipe_data", strlen("--wipe_data") + 1);
                 close(fd);