diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
index bdad6e609e..27703630c9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 		//Is a directory, and we want recursive
 		$file = trailingslashit($file);
 		$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
-		foreach ($filelist as $filename)
+		foreach ( (array)$filelist as $filename => $filemeta)
 			$this->chmod($file . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
index 9b5edded67..56cb83cd2d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
@@ -154,17 +154,17 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 				return false;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! $recursive || ! $this->is_dir($file) ) {
-			if ( ! function_exists('ftp_chmod') )
-				return @ftp_site($this->link, sprintf('CHMOD %o %s', $mode, $file));
-			return @ftp_chmod($this->link, $mode, $file);
+		// chmod any sub-objects if recursive.
+		if ( $recursive && $this->is_dir($file) ) {
+			$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
+			foreach ( (array)$filelist as $filename => $filemeta )
+				$this->chmod($file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
 		}
-		//Is a directory, and we want recursive
-		$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
-		foreach ( $filelist as $filename ) {
-			$this->chmod($file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
-		}
-		return true;
+
+		// chmod the file or directory
+		if ( ! function_exists('ftp_chmod') )
+			return @ftp_site($this->link, sprintf('CHMOD %o %s', $mode, $file));
+		return @ftp_chmod($this->link, $mode, $file);
 	}
 	function chown($file, $owner, $recursive = false ) {
 		return false;
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index e0480c5414..a94ac71513 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -164,16 +164,15 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 				return false;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! $recursive || ! $this->is_dir($file) ) {
-			return $this->ftp->chmod($file, $mode);
+		// chmod any sub-objects if recursive.
+		if ( $recursive && $this->is_dir($file) ) {
+			$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
+			foreach ( (array)$filelist as $filename => $filemeta )
+				$this->chmod($file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
 		}
 
-		//Is a directory, and we want recursive
-		$filelist = $this->dirlist($file);
-		foreach ( $filelist as $filename )
-			$this->chmod($file . '/' . $filename, $mode, $recursive);
-
-		return true;
+		// chmod the file or directory
+		return $this->ftp->chmod($file, $mode);
 	}
 
 	function chown($file, $owner, $recursive = false ) {