diff --git a/contrib/systemd/system/podman.socket b/contrib/systemd/system/podman.socket
index 397058ee45..5e622ef2f8 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/system/podman.socket
+++ b/contrib/systemd/system/podman.socket
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Documentation=man:podman-system-service(1)
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=%t/podman/podman.sock
 SocketMode=0660
+DirectoryMode=0700
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf b/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf
index 42fe0ca3f5..38507b97a4 100644
--- a/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf
+++ b/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ R! /tmp/containers-user-*
 x /tmp/run-*/libpod
 R! /tmp/run-*/libpod
 D! /var/lib/containers/storage/tmp 0700 root root
-D! /run/podman 0700 root root
 # Remove /var/tmp/container_images* podman temporary directories on each
 # boot which are created when pulling or saving images.
 R! /var/tmp/container_images*