diff --git a/drivers/unix/file_access_unix_pipe.cpp b/drivers/unix/file_access_unix_pipe.cpp
index 34758e8c7d9..bdf02f53792 100644
--- a/drivers/unix/file_access_unix_pipe.cpp
+++ b/drivers/unix/file_access_unix_pipe.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Error FileAccessUnixPipe::open_internal(const String &p_path, int p_mode_flags)
 	struct stat st = {};
 	int err = stat(path.utf8().get_data(), &st);
 	if (err) {
-		if (mkfifo(path.utf8().get_data(), 0666) != 0) {
+		if (mkfifo(path.utf8().get_data(), 0600) != 0) {
 			last_error = ERR_FILE_CANT_OPEN;
 			return last_error;
 		}