diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 5174033e..d541e50b 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -728,11 +728,16 @@ func (c *Context) SaveUploadedFile(file *multipart.FileHeader, dst string, perm
 		mode = perm[0]
 	}
 	dir := filepath.Dir(dst)
+	_, statErr := os.Stat(dir)
 	if err = os.MkdirAll(dir, mode); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = os.Chmod(dir, mode); err != nil {
-		return err
+	// Only chmod newly created directories to avoid "operation not permitted"
+	// errors on pre-existing directories we may not own (e.g., /tmp).
+	if statErr != nil {
+		if err = os.Chmod(dir, mode); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	out, err := os.Create(dst)
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index ef60379d..79d72275 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -274,6 +274,31 @@ func TestSaveUploadedFileWithPermissionFailed(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, c.SaveUploadedFile(f, "test/permission_test", mode))
 }
 
+func TestSaveUploadedFileToExistingDir(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	mw := multipart.NewWriter(buf)
+	w, err := mw.CreateFormFile("file", "test")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = w.Write([]byte("test"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	mw.Close()
+	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
+	c.Request, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", buf)
+	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", mw.FormDataContentType())
+	f, err := c.FormFile("file")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Save to a pre-existing directory. Previously this would fail with
+	// "chmod <dir>: operation not permitted" when the directory was not
+	// owned by the current process (e.g., /tmp).
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	dst := filepath.Join(dir, "uploaded.txt")
+	require.NoError(t, c.SaveUploadedFile(f, dst))
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		os.Remove(dst)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestContextReset(t *testing.T) {
 	router := New()
 	c := router.allocateContext(0)