diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 703cfa33a3ca60c79111ba3808f228c8f1f7b505..bb9127dd814b4d377d915fb693c8f8659ffe0639 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ struct ctl_table
 	const char *procname;		/* Text ID for /proc/sys, or zero */
 	void *data;
 	int maxlen;
-	mode_t mode;
+	umode_t mode;
 	struct ctl_table *child;
 	struct ctl_table *parent;	/* Automatically set */
 	proc_handler *proc_handler;	/* Callback for text formatting */
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index d6b149ccf925c320841e8a42f31fd23b6ee64dc6..e64f45741e0e3538e29c7ec570df9ac3636149a8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6480,7 +6480,7 @@ static void sd_free_ctl_entry(struct ctl_table **tablep)
 static void
 set_table_entry(struct ctl_table *entry,
 		const char *procname, void *data, int maxlen,
-		mode_t mode, proc_handler *proc_handler)
+		umode_t mode, proc_handler *proc_handler)
 {
 	entry->procname = procname;
 	entry->data = data;