diff --git a/src/anet.c b/src/anet.c
index 790ea7e0a..64824a23f 100644
--- a/src/anet.c
+++ b/src/anet.c
@@ -417,13 +417,16 @@ int anetUnixGenericConnect(char *err, const char *path, int flags)
     return s;
 }
 
-static int anetListen(char *err, int s, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t len, int backlog) {
+static int anetListen(char *err, int s, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t len, int backlog, mode_t perm) {
     if (bind(s,sa,len) == -1) {
         anetSetError(err, "bind: %s", strerror(errno));
         close(s);
         return ANET_ERR;
     }
 
+    if (sa->sa_family == AF_LOCAL && perm)
+        chmod(((struct sockaddr_un *) sa)->sun_path, perm);
+
     if (listen(s, backlog) == -1) {
         anetSetError(err, "listen: %s", strerror(errno));
         close(s);
@@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ static int _anetTcpServer(char *err, int port, char *bindaddr, int af, int backl
 
         if (af == AF_INET6 && anetV6Only(err,s) == ANET_ERR) goto error;
         if (anetSetReuseAddr(err,s) == ANET_ERR) goto error;
-        if (anetListen(err,s,p->ai_addr,p->ai_addrlen,backlog) == ANET_ERR) s = ANET_ERR;
+        if (anetListen(err,s,p->ai_addr,p->ai_addrlen,backlog,0) == ANET_ERR) s = ANET_ERR;
         goto end;
     }
     if (p == NULL) {
@@ -508,10 +511,8 @@ int anetUnixServer(char *err, char *path, mode_t perm, int backlog)
     memset(&sa,0,sizeof(sa));
     sa.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
     redis_strlcpy(sa.sun_path,path,sizeof(sa.sun_path));
-    if (anetListen(err,s,(struct sockaddr*)&sa,sizeof(sa),backlog) == ANET_ERR)
+    if (anetListen(err,s,(struct sockaddr*)&sa,sizeof(sa),backlog,perm) == ANET_ERR)
         return ANET_ERR;
-    if (perm)
-        chmod(sa.sun_path, perm);
     return s;
 }