diff --git a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
index 7daebaa..243febd 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
@@ -901,7 +901,8 @@
 #if !(NGX_HAVE_ATOMIC_OPS)
     ngx_fd_t  fd;
 
-    fd = ngx_open_file(file, NGX_FILE_RDWR, NGX_FILE_CREATE_OR_OPEN);
+    fd = ngx_open_file(file, NGX_FILE_RDWR, NGX_FILE_CREATE_OR_OPEN,
+                       NGX_FILE_DEFAULT_ACCESS);
 
     if (fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,