diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 24d02907e196..961355d00e38 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_special_inode);
  * @mode: mode of the new inode
  */
 void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir,
-			mode_t mode)
+			umode_t mode)
 {
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 	if (dir && dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b89eef1d1752..9db9f6e6c98b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ extern void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry);
  * VFS file helper functions.
  */
 extern void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir,
-			mode_t mode);
+			umode_t mode);
 /*
  * VFS FS_IOC_FIEMAP helper definitions.
  */