diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index ff2b9502c51..ad2b07b24ad 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2620,9 +2620,9 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements
         String result = null;
         if (!sshKeysDir.exists()) {
             sshKeysDir.mkdir();
-            // Change permissions for the 600
+            // Change permissions for the 700
             Script script = new Script("chmod", _timeout, s_logger);
-            script.add("600", _SSHKEYSPATH);
+            script.add("700", _SSHKEYSPATH);
             script.execute();
         }