diff --git a/ppp/pppd/tty.c b/ppp/pppd/tty.c

index c356483..cf801c3 100644

--- a/ppp/pppd/tty.c

+++ b/ppp/pppd/tty.c

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ int connect_tty()

 		 * Do the equivalent of `mesg n' to stop broadcast messages.

 		 */

 		if (fstat(ttyfd, &statbuf) < 0

-		    || fchmod(ttyfd, statbuf.st_mode & ~(S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH)) < 0) {

+		    || fchmod(ttyfd, statbuf.st_mode & ~S_IWOTH) < 0) {

 			warn("Couldn't restrict write permissions to %s: %m", devnam);

 		} else

 			tty_mode = statbuf.st_mode;