diff --git a/src/datasets/utils/_filelock.py b/src/datasets/utils/_filelock.py
index 19620e6e777..5a00bf589e7 100644
--- a/src/datasets/utils/_filelock.py
+++ b/src/datasets/utils/_filelock.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 """Utilities to handle file locking in `datasets`."""
 
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from filelock import FileLock as FileLock_
 from filelock import UnixFileLock
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ class FileLock(FileLock_):
     MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH = 255
 
     def __init__(self, lock_file, *args, **kwargs):
+        lock_file = self.hash_filename_if_too_long(lock_file)
+        # instaed of usimg umask, create a lock file to accomodate ACL
+        Path(lock_file).touch()
         # The "mode" argument is required if we want to use the current umask in filelock >= 3.10
         # In previous previous it was already using the current umask.
         if "mode" not in kwargs and version.parse(_filelock_version) >= version.parse("3.10.0"):
-            umask = os.umask(0o666)
-            os.umask(umask)
-            kwargs["mode"] = 0o666 & ~umask
-        lock_file = self.hash_filename_if_too_long(lock_file)
+            kwargs["mode"] = os.stat(lock_file).st_mode
         super().__init__(lock_file, *args, **kwargs)
 
     @classmethod