diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse b/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse
index b00cb0a0af..e524e798fc 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-fuse
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class QOMFS(Fuse):
 
     def getattr(self, path):
         if self.is_link(path):
-            value = posix.stat_result((0755 | stat.S_IFLNK,
+            value = posix.stat_result((0o755 | stat.S_IFLNK,
                                        self.get_ino(path),
                                        0,
                                        2,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class QOMFS(Fuse):
                                        0,
                                        0))
         elif self.is_object(path):
-            value = posix.stat_result((0755 | stat.S_IFDIR,
+            value = posix.stat_result((0o755 | stat.S_IFDIR,
                                        self.get_ino(path),
                                        0,
                                        2,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class QOMFS(Fuse):
                                        0,
                                        0))
         elif self.is_property(path):
-            value = posix.stat_result((0644 | stat.S_IFREG,
+            value = posix.stat_result((0o644 | stat.S_IFREG,
                                        self.get_ino(path),
                                        0,
                                        1,
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/118 b/tests/qemu-iotests/118
index a0469b570e..ff3b2ae3e7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/118
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/118
@@ -390,14 +390,14 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.vm.shutdown()
-        os.chmod(old_img, 0666)
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0666)
+        os.chmod(old_img, 0o666)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o666)
         os.remove(old_img)
         os.remove(new_img)
 
     def test_ro_ro_retain(self):
-        os.chmod(old_img, 0444)
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(old_img, 0o444)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk,read-only=on', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', new_img)
 
     def test_ro_rw_retain(self):
-        os.chmod(old_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(old_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk,read-only=on', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', new_img)
 
     def test_rw_ro_retain(self):
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', old_img)
 
     def test_ro_rw(self):
-        os.chmod(old_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(old_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk,read-only=on', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', new_img)
 
     def test_rw_ro(self):
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', new_img)
 
     def test_make_ro_rw(self):
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', old_img)
 
     def test_make_rw_ro_by_retain(self):
-        os.chmod(old_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(old_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk,read-only=on', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', new_img)
 
     def test_make_ro_rw_by_retain(self):
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class TestChangeReadOnly(ChangeBaseClass):
         self.assert_qmp(result, 'return[0]/inserted/image/filename', old_img)
 
     def test_rw_ro_cycle(self):
-        os.chmod(new_img, 0444)
+        os.chmod(new_img, 0o444)
         self.vm.add_drive(old_img, 'media=disk', 'none')
         self.vm.add_device('floppy,drive=drive0,id=%s' % self.device_name)
         self.vm.launch()