diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/POSIX/PlatformPOSIX.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/POSIX/PlatformPOSIX.cpp
index f0dab8d72347..b52ec159c91b 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/POSIX/PlatformPOSIX.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/POSIX/PlatformPOSIX.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Error
 PlatformPOSIX::SetFilePermissions (const char *path, uint32_t file_permissions)
 {
     if (m_remote_platform_sp)
-        return m_remote_platform_sp->MakeDirectory(path, file_permissions);
+        return m_remote_platform_sp->SetFilePermissions(path, file_permissions);
     else
         return Platform::SetFilePermissions(path ,file_permissions);
 }