diff --git a/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp b/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
index 4876bdc6..cdca7bc0 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
+++ b/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ set_stat(uint64_t     nodeid,
   if(f.conf.set_mode)
     stbuf->st_mode = (stbuf->st_mode & S_IFMT) | (0777 & ~f.conf.umask);
   if(fuse_cfg.valid_uid())
-    stbuf->st_uid = f.conf.uid;
+    stbuf->st_uid = fuse_cfg.uid;
   if(f.conf.set_gid)
     stbuf->st_gid = f.conf.gid;
 }