diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index 489ce2e60c..c08e3cb5f2 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   lvol: vg=vg_guests lv=nova size=100%FREE
 - filesystem: fstype=ext4 dev=/dev/mapper/vg_guests-nova
 - mount: name=/var/lib/nova src=/dev/mapper/vg_guests-nova fstype=ext4 state=mounted
-- file: path=/var/lib/nova/{{item}} owner=nova group=nova mode=0644 state=directory
+- file: path=/var/lib/nova/{{item}} owner=nova group=nova mode=0755 state=directory
   with_items:
   - buckets
   - images