diff --git a/tests/mktree.fedora b/tests/mktree.fedora
index fe1e0b711..f8d2e3e22 100755
--- a/tests/mktree.fedora
+++ b/tests/mktree.fedora
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ mount_tree()
 clean_up()
 {
     [ -n "$RPMTEST" ] && snapshot umount
+    chmod -Rf u+rwX $BASE_DIR $SANDBOX_DIR rpmtests.dir
 }
 
 # Run CMD in a user namespace (if not root already)