diff --git a/src/fs/mod.rs b/src/fs/mod.rs
index ad960a98ea..16d59c064e 100644
--- a/src/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fs/mod.rs
@@ -371,11 +371,8 @@ pub unsafe fn create_file(
 }
 
 /// Creates a new, empty directory at the provided path
-pub fn create_dir(path: &str) -> Result<(), IoError> {
-	FILESYSTEM
-		.get()
-		.unwrap()
-		.mkdir(path, AccessPermission::from_bits(0o777).unwrap())
+pub fn create_dir(path: &str, mode: AccessPermission) -> Result<(), IoError> {
+	FILESYSTEM.get().unwrap().mkdir(path, mode)
 }
 
 /// Returns an vector with all the entries within a directory.
diff --git a/src/syscalls/mod.rs b/src/syscalls/mod.rs
index e1fc3809db..88d429ffa4 100644
--- a/src/syscalls/mod.rs
+++ b/src/syscalls/mod.rs
@@ -317,11 +317,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_mkdir(name: *const u8, mode: u32) -> i32 {
 		return -crate::errno::EINVAL;
 	};
 
-	fs::FILESYSTEM
-		.get()
-		.unwrap()
-		.mkdir(name, mode)
-		.map_or_else(|e| -num::ToPrimitive::to_i32(&e).unwrap(), |_| 0)
+	crate::fs::create_dir(name, mode).map_or_else(|e| -num::ToPrimitive::to_i32(&e).unwrap(), |_| 0)
 }
 
 #[hermit_macro::system]