diff --git libpkg/pkg_add.c libpkg/pkg_add.c
index 380dba7..98ea00c 100644
--- libpkg/pkg_add.c
+++ libpkg/pkg_add.c
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@ do_extract(struct archive *a, struct archive_entry *ae, const char *location,
 			}
 		}
 		/* enforce modes and creds */
-		lchmod(pathname, archive_entry_perm(ae));
 		if (getenv("INSTALL_AS_USER") == NULL) {
 			lchown(pathname, get_uid_from_archive(ae),
 			    get_gid_from_archive(ae));
 		}
+		lchmod(pathname, archive_entry_perm(ae));
 #ifdef HAVE_CHFLAGS
 		/* Restore flags */
 		if (set != 0)