diff --git a/lib/backup/manager.rb b/lib/backup/manager.rb
index afd05897509f97864b859b65fe841402e2b0d1bc..d445150c55e24259bcdb5a2f01429240326c5826 100644
--- a/lib/backup/manager.rb
+++ b/lib/backup/manager.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Backup
           file << s.to_yaml.gsub(/^---\n/,'')
         end
 
-        FileUtils.chmod_R(0700, %w{db uploads repositories})
+        FileUtils.chmod(0700, %w{db uploads repositories})
 
         # create archive
         $progress.print "Creating backup archive: #{tar_file} ... "
diff --git a/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb b/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb
index 8a411b7720ac4a2ad3ca7b3db583f1d111c0259e..3d5d21c2a13122ceb4bbec937e060d3c4fc8a7a5 100644
--- a/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe 'gitlab:app namespace rake task' do
       expect(tar_contents).to match('db/')
       expect(tar_contents).to match('uploads/')
       expect(tar_contents).to match('repositories/')
-      expect(tar_contents).not_to match(/^.{4,9}[rwx]/)
+      expect(tar_contents).not_to match(/^.{4,9}[rwx].*(db|uploads|repositories)\/$/)
     end
 
     it 'should delete temp directories' do