diff --git a/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go b/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go
index c83761a15..9c7e2ffbf 100644
--- a/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go
+++ b/etcdctl/ctlv2/command/backup_command.go
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ package command
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"path"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/fileutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/idutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/pbutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func handleBackup(c *cli.Context) error {
 		destWAL = path.Join(c.String("backup-dir"), "member", "wal")
 	}
 
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(destSnap, 0700); err != nil {
+	if err := fileutil.CreateDirAll(destSnap); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed creating backup snapshot dir %v: %v", destSnap, err)
 	}
 	ss := snap.New(srcSnap)
diff --git a/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/snapshot_command.go b/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/snapshot_command.go
index 3dc73189b..56b6e1f97 100644
--- a/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/snapshot_command.go
+++ b/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/snapshot_command.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func initialClusterFromName(name string) string {
 
 // makeWAL creates a WAL for the initial cluster
 func makeWAL(waldir string, cl *membership.RaftCluster) {
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(waldir, 0755); err != nil {
+	if err := fileutil.CreateDirAll(waldir); err != nil {
 		ExitWithError(ExitIO, err)
 	}
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func makeDB(snapdir, dbfile string) {
 		ExitWithError(ExitIO, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(snapdir, 0755); err != nil {
+	if err := fileutil.CreateDirAll(snapdir); err != nil {
 		ExitWithError(ExitIO, err)
 	}