diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
index ba4ae9facd..2d4e56640a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * FIXME does not handle errors in fileperms()
 	 *
 	 * @param string $file Path to the file.
-	 * @return string Mode of the file (last 4 digits).
+	 * @return string Mode of the file (last 3 digits).
 	 */
 	function getchmod($file) {
-		return substr(decoct(@fileperms($file)),3);
+		return substr( decoct( @fileperms( $file ) ), -3 );
 	}
 
 	function group($file) {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
index f942989dad..30a96b1da5 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_SSH2 extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	}
 
 	function getchmod($file) {
-		return substr(decoct(@fileperms( 'ssh2.sftp://' . $this->sftp_link . '/' . ltrim($file, '/') )),3);
+		return substr( decoct( @fileperms( 'ssh2.sftp://' . $this->sftp_link . '/' . ltrim( $file, '/' ) ) ), -3 );
 	}
 
 	function group($file) {