diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index b3b216a2..d110f4dd 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -249,10 +249,11 @@ CT_DoForceRmdir() {
     local mode
     for dir in "${@}"; do
         [ -d "${dir}" ] || continue
-        mode="$(stat -c '%a' "${dir}")"
-        CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod -R u+w "$(dirname "${dir}")"
+        mode="$(stat -c '%a' "$(dirname "${dir}")")"
+        CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod u+w "$(dirname "${dir}")"
+        CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod -R u+w "${dir}"
         CT_DoExecLog ALL rm -rf "${dir}"
-        CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod -R ${mode} "$(dirname "${dir}")"
+        CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod ${mode} "$(dirname "${dir}")"
     done
 }