From d3eefefed408a8bb8c6830054339525a4f7d6b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SomberNight <somber.night@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 20:39:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] simplify prev

---
 electrum/storage.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electrum/storage.py b/electrum/storage.py
index cb691c6f5..ab67fe643 100644
--- a/electrum/storage.py
+++ b/electrum/storage.py
@@ -87,12 +87,10 @@ class WalletStorage(Logger):
             f.flush()
             os.fsync(f.fileno())
 
-        default_mode = stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE
         try:
-            mode = os.stat(self.path).st_mode if self.file_exists() else default_mode
+            mode = os.stat(self.path).st_mode
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            # user might have deleted/renamed file while running
-            mode = default_mode
+            mode = stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE
 
         # assert that wallet file does not exist, to prevent wallet corruption (see issue #5082)
         if not self.file_exists():