diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index 1b6eaa68cd..201d2f7457 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ class Filesystem
     public function chmod($files, $mode, $umask = 0000, $recursive = false)
     {
         foreach ($this->toIterator($files) as $file) {
-            if ($recursive && is_dir($file) && !is_link($file)) {
-                $this->chmod(new \FilesystemIterator($file), $mode, $umask, true);
-            }
             if (true !== @chmod($file, $mode & ~$umask)) {
                 throw new IOException(sprintf('Failed to chmod file %s', $file));
             }
+            if ($recursive && is_dir($file) && !is_link($file)) {
+                $this->chmod(new \FilesystemIterator($file), $mode, $umask, true);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
index b57610cb81..06b99a25cc 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -479,6 +479,22 @@ class FilesystemTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(753, $this->getFilePermissions($directory));
     }
 
+    public function testChmodChangesZeroModeOnSubdirectoriesOnRecursive()
+    {
+        $this->markAsSkippedIfChmodIsMissing();
+
+        $directory = $this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'directory';
+        $subdirectory = $directory.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'subdirectory';
+
+        mkdir($directory);
+        mkdir($subdirectory);
+        chmod($subdirectory, 0000);
+
+        $this->filesystem->chmod($directory, 0753, 0000, true);
+
+        $this->assertFilePermissions(753, $subdirectory);
+    }
+
     public function testChown()
     {
         $this->markAsSkippedIfPosixIsMissing();