diff --git a/gio/gkeyfilesettingsbackend.c b/gio/gkeyfilesettingsbackend.c
index a37978e..580a0b0 100644
--- a/gio/gkeyfilesettingsbackend.c
+++ b/gio/gkeyfilesettingsbackend.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ g_keyfile_settings_backend_keyfile_write (GKeyfileSettingsBackend *kfsb)
 
   contents = g_key_file_to_data (kfsb->keyfile, &length, NULL);
   g_file_replace_contents (kfsb->file, contents, length, NULL, FALSE,
-                           G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION,
+                           G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION |
+                           G_FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE,
                            NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
   compute_checksum (kfsb->digest, contents, length);
@@ -640,7 +641,7 @@ g_keyfile_settings_backend_new (const gchar *filename,
 
   kfsb->file = g_file_new_for_path (filename);
   kfsb->dir = g_file_get_parent (kfsb->file);
-  g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL);
+  g_mkdir_with_parents (g_file_peek_path (kfsb->dir), 0700);
 
   kfsb->file_monitor = g_file_monitor (kfsb->file, 0, NULL, NULL);
   kfsb->dir_monitor = g_file_monitor (kfsb->dir, 0, NULL, NULL);