diff --git a/test/driver/realpath.c b/test/driver/realpath.c
index 2757a9c2..866f6edc 100644
--- a/test/driver/realpath.c
+++ b/test/driver/realpath.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* -*- C -*-
-  Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
+  Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
   
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -97,12 +97,8 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     if (NULL == psz_tmp_subdir) {
 	exit(77);
     }
-    if (NULL == psz_tmp_subdir) {
-	printf("extract parent directory from temporary directory name\n");
-	exit(77);
-    }
 
-    if (-1 == check_rc(mkdir(psz_tmp_subdir, 0755),
+    if (-1 == check_rc(mkdir(psz_tmp_subdir, 0700),
 		       "mkdir", psz_tmp_subdir))
 	exit(77);