diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/posix_types.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/posix_types.h
index b4df41c5dde23fc2cf2e51bf4ba4dea84a3d7719..8c758b231f376780dad5b30a0ae8b8b29da54b00 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/posix_types.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/posix_types.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 typedef unsigned long	__kernel_ino_t;
-typedef unsigned int	__kernel_mode_t;
+typedef unsigned short	__kernel_mode_t;
 typedef unsigned int	__kernel_nlink_t;
 typedef long		__kernel_off_t;
 typedef int		__kernel_pid_t;