diff --git a/src/wolfsftp.c b/src/wolfsftp.c
index 0d62ade4a..b2ecf1fd6 100644
--- a/src/wolfsftp.c
+++ b/src/wolfsftp.c
@@ -4489,7 +4489,8 @@ int SFTP_GetAttributes(void* fs, const char* fileName, WS_SFTP_FILEATRB* atr,
     atr->flags |= WOLFSSH_FILEATRB_PERM;
     atr->per = 0555 |
         (stats.dwFileAttributes | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY ? 0 : 0200);
-    atr->per |= (stats.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ? 0x4000:0;
+    atr->per |= (stats.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ? 0x4000:
+        FILEATRB_PER_FILE;
 
 #if 0
     /* @TODO handle the constellation of possible Windows FILETIMEs */