diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
index 990875206b..5b2e3a4965 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Cleaner
         path.unlink unless @f.skip_clean? path
       elsif not path.symlink?
         # Fix permissions
-        clean_file_permissions path
+        clean_file_permissions(path) unless @f.skip_clean? path
       end
     end
   end