diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 7a54c6a867c8..500098cdb960 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t m
 
 	autofs4_del_active(dentry);
 
-	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFDIR | 0555);
+	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFDIR | mode);
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	d_add(dentry, inode);