diff --git a/pkg/cli/haproxy.go b/pkg/cli/haproxy.go
index c8baaa0e87a2..b1e861d3e6ef 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/haproxy.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/haproxy.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func runGenHAProxyCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var f *os.File
 	if haProxyPath == "-" {
 		w = os.Stdout
-	} else if f, err = os.OpenFile(haProxyPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0755); err != nil {
+	} else if f, err = os.OpenFile(haProxyPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	} else {
 		w = f