diff -r -u -N a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
--- a/src/copy.c	2010-04-20 21:52:04.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/copy.c	2010-09-25 13:44:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@
          used as the 3rd argument in the open call.  Historical
          practice passed all the source mode bits to 'open', but the extra
          bits were ignored, so it should be the same either way.  */
-      if (! copy_reg (src_name, dst_name, x, src_mode & S_IRWXUGO,
+      if (! copy_reg (src_name, dst_name, x, dst_mode_bits & S_IRWXUGO,
                       omitted_permissions, &new_dst, &src_sb))
         goto un_backup;
     }