diff --git a/lustre/tests/acceptance-small.sh b/lustre/tests/acceptance-small.sh
index 54e7557eb4d212f95f906f2ea9a44e66630b3b95..a2fbaadba2e3ab6b12cd91c7842fd6273c868ac0 100755
--- a/lustre/tests/acceptance-small.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/acceptance-small.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ for NAME in $CONFIGS; do
 		rm -f /mnt/lustre/`hostname`/client.txt
 	fi
 
-	chown $UID $MOUNT && chmod 700 $MOUNT
+	chown $UID $MOUNT
 	which bonnie++ > /dev/null 2>&1 || BONNIE=no
 	if [ "$BONNIE" != "no" ]; then
 	        title bonnie
diff --git a/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh b/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh
index 1c8f2b6cabec5a9b4162444940cb0945e4b6ddb0..172016c6e8965075606c5cfd2ae5b4c1eea662fb 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@ is_patchless ()
 
 check_runas_id() {
     mkdir $DIR/d0_runas_test
+    chmod 0755 $DIR
     chown $RUNAS_ID:$RUNAS_ID $DIR/d0_runas_test
     $RUNAS touch $DIR/d0_runas_test/f$$ || \
         error "unable to write to $DIR/d0_runas_test as UID $RUNAS_ID.