diff --git a/src/SftpAdapter.php b/src/SftpAdapter.php
index 2eb1afb..04f81e0 100644
--- a/src/SftpAdapter.php
+++ b/src/SftpAdapter.php
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public function getMetadata($path)
 
         $result = Util::map($info, $this->statMap);
         $result['type'] = $info['type'] === NET_SFTP_TYPE_DIRECTORY ? 'dir' : 'file';
-        $result['visibility'] = $info['permissions'] & $this->permPublic ? 'public' : 'private';
+        $result['visibility'] = $info['permissions'] & (0777 ^ $this->permPrivate) ? 'public' : 'private';
 
         return $result;
     }
diff --git a/tests/SftpAdapterTests.php b/tests/SftpAdapterTests.php
index c897d93..63ce784 100644
--- a/tests/SftpAdapterTests.php
+++ b/tests/SftpAdapterTests.php
@@ -272,6 +272,24 @@ public function testGetVisibility($filesystem, $adapter, $mock)
         $this->assertEquals('public', $result);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider  adapterProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetVisibilityPrivate($filesystem, $adapter, $mock)
+    {
+        $mock->shouldReceive('stat')->andReturn([
+            'type'        => NET_SFTP_TYPE_DIRECTORY,
+            'mtime'       => time(),
+            'size'        => 20,
+            'permissions' => 0700,
+        ]);
+        $result = $adapter->getVisibility(uniqid().'object.ext');
+        $this->assertInternalType('array', $result);
+        $result = $result['visibility'];
+        $this->assertInternalType('string', $result);
+        $this->assertEquals('private', $result);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider  adapterProvider
      */