diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index a4f9c4fa6d..aeec0256ca 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ case "$1" in
       chown -R ${gitlab_user}: $i
     done
 
-    chmod 0700 ${gitlab_uploads_path}
 
     # nginx should be able to connect to gitlab-workhorse.socket and serve public
     chown ${gitlab_user}:${nginx_user} -R ${gitlab_uploads_path}/.. ${gitlab_pid_path}
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ case "$1" in
       chown -R ${gitlab_user}: $i
     done
 
-    su ${gitlab_user} -s /bin/sh -c "chmod 750 ${gitlab_uploads_path}"
+    su ${gitlab_user} -s /bin/sh -c "chmod 700 ${gitlab_uploads_path}"
     su ${gitlab_user} -s /bin/sh -c 'git config --global core.autocrlf "input"'
 
     # Commands below needs to be run from gitlab_app_root