diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index eadbb8fe8f..c4d9ca50b3 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ endif
 define ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_CMD
 	$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mksquashfs $(TARGET_DIR) $@ -noappend \
 		$(ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS)
-	chmod 0644 $@
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call ROOTFS_TARGET,squashfs))