diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
index 3cced2b99f3f..0f2308e53d65 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static int check_lostfound(struct bch_fs *c,
 		bch2_create_trans(&trans,
 				  BCACHEFS_ROOT_INO, root_inode,
 				  lostfound_inode, &lostfound,
-				  0, 0, S_IFDIR|0755, 0, NULL, NULL));
+				  0, 0, S_IFDIR|0700, 0, NULL, NULL));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err(c, "error creating lost+found: %i", ret);
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index 2c441a278044..d1184bf62cae 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ int bch2_fs_initialize(struct bch_fs *c)
 		bch2_create_trans(&trans, BCACHEFS_ROOT_INO,
 				  &root_inode, &lostfound_inode,
 				  &lostfound,
-				  0, 0, S_IFDIR|0755, 0,
+				  0, 0, S_IFDIR|0700, 0,
 				  NULL, NULL));
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;