diff --git a/gcs/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/hadoop/fs/gcs/InMemoryGlobberFileSystem.java b/gcs/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/hadoop/fs/gcs/InMemoryGlobberFileSystem.java
index 1c590d39a3..21a30bdb18 100644
--- a/gcs/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/hadoop/fs/gcs/InMemoryGlobberFileSystem.java
+++ b/gcs/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/hadoop/fs/gcs/InMemoryGlobberFileSystem.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public FileStatus[] listStatus(Path f) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
     FileStatus[] result = new FileStatus[fileStatuses.size()];
     for (int i = 0; i < fileStatuses.size(); i++) {
       // Clone FileStatus objects because they are mutable and Hadoop actually can modify them
-      result[i] = new FileStatus(fileStatuses.get(i));
+      result[i] = newFileStatus(fileStatuses.get(i));
     }
     return result;
   }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public FileStatus getFileStatus(Path f) throws IOException {
           String.format("Path '%s' (qualified: '%s') does not exist.", f, qualifiedPath));
     }
     // Clone FileStatus object because it is mutable and Hadoop actually can modify it
-    return new FileStatus(fileStatus);
+    return newFileStatus(fileStatus);
   }
 
   // Below are unsupported methods that are not used in 'globStatus' calls
@@ -188,4 +188,24 @@ public void setWorkingDirectory(Path newDir) {
   public boolean mkdirs(Path f, FsPermission permission) throws IOException {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
+
+  private static FileStatus newFileStatus(FileStatus fileStatus) {
+    FsPermission fsPermission = fileStatus.getPermission();
+    return new FileStatus(
+        fileStatus.getLen(),
+        fileStatus.isDir(),
+        fileStatus.getReplication(),
+        fileStatus.getBlockSize(),
+        fileStatus.getModificationTime(),
+        fileStatus.getAccessTime(),
+        fsPermission == null
+            ? null
+            : new FsPermission(
+                fsPermission.getUserAction(),
+                fsPermission.getGroupAction(),
+                fsPermission.getOtherAction()),
+        fileStatus.getOwner(),
+        fileStatus.getGroup(),
+        fileStatus.getPath());
+  }
 }