diff --git a/examples/pod-with-security-context.yaml b/examples/pod-with-security-context.yaml
index c7cfaae36..f191c87ef 100644
--- a/examples/pod-with-security-context.yaml
+++ b/examples/pod-with-security-context.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
     - name: test
-      image: busybox
+      # Jenkins image used for illustration purposes because it has a user
+      # with uid=1000 and gid=1000 that matches the specified security context
+      image: jenkins/jenkins
       command:
         - /config/test.sh
       volumeMounts:
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   test.sh: |
     #!/bin/sh
+    id
     ls -al /test && \
     echo 'Hello from local-path-test' && \
     cp /config/text.txt /test/test.txt && \
diff --git a/provisioner.go b/provisioner.go
index f1d636621..dd408a4cf 100644
--- a/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (p *LocalPathProvisioner) Provision(opts pvController.VolumeOptions) (*v1.P
 
 	createCmdsForPath := []string{
 		"mkdir",
-		"-m", "0770",
+		"-m", "0777",
 		"-p",
 	}
 	if err := p.createHelperPod(ActionTypeCreate, createCmdsForPath, name, path, node.Name); err != nil {