diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index a6bce66196..f0e08aca70 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -1872,12 +1872,13 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 	if (!p)
 		die("Corrupt mode: %s", command_buf.buf);
 	switch (mode) {
+	case 0644:
+	case 0755:
+		mode |= S_IFREG;
 	case S_IFREG | 0644:
 	case S_IFREG | 0755:
 	case S_IFLNK:
 	case S_IFGITLINK:
-	case 0644:
-	case 0755:
 		/* ok */
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1944,7 +1945,7 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 			    typename(type), command_buf.buf);
 	}
 
-	tree_content_set(&b->branch_tree, p, sha1, S_IFREG | mode, NULL);
+	tree_content_set(&b->branch_tree, p, sha1, mode, NULL);
 }
 
 static void file_change_d(struct branch *b)
diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index ad0f530445..7d7f2b1d36 100644
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ sub _temp_cache {
 	my $temp_fd = \$TEMP_FILEMAP{$name};
 	if (defined $$temp_fd and $$temp_fd->opened) {
 		if ($TEMP_FILES{$$temp_fd}{locked}) {
-			throw Error::Simple("Temp file with moniker '",
-				$name, "' already in use");
+			throw Error::Simple("Temp file with moniker '" .
+				$name . "' already in use");
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (defined $$temp_fd) {