diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
index 8ea7e5d4b..0daa3ec01 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     state=directory
     owner=root
     group=root
-    mode=0644
+    mode=0755
 
 - name: ceph monitor mkfs
   command: >