diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
index 2efd5b000a..ed22a821a1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
@@ -249,15 +249,18 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	/**
 	 * Gets the permissions of the specified file or filepath in their octal format.
 	 *
-	 * FIXME does not handle errors in fileperms()
-	 *
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 *
 	 * @param string $file Path to the file.
-	 * @return string Mode of the file (the last 3 digits).
+	 * @return string Mode of the file (the last 3 digits), or the string "0" on failure.
 	 */
 	public function getchmod( $file ) {
-		return substr( decoct( @fileperms( $file ) ), -3 );
+		$perms = @fileperms( $file );
+		if ( false === $perms ) {
+			return '0';
+		}
+
+		return substr( decoct( $perms ), -3 );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 33ef7eaabc..056fa2c7e6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '7.0-alpha-61397';
+$wp_version = '7.0-alpha-61398';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.