diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c
index e8b837d1fa..fed399ad03 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ check_ssl_key_file_permissions(const char *ssl_key_file, bool isServerStart)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if ((buf.st_uid == geteuid() && buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) ||
+	if ((buf.st_uid == geteuid() && buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) ||
 		(buf.st_uid == 0 && buf.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IRWXO)))
 	{
 		ereport(loglevel,