diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
index 4e696fa72..e1c501d4c 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
             prefix = zfs.getPrefix();
             fullpath = zfs.getFullpath();
             dirMode = zfs.getDirMode();
-            fileMode = zfs.getDirMode();
+            fileMode = zfs.getFileMode();
         }
 
         if (prefix.length() > 0 && fullpath.length() > 0) {