diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
index dd57bb6bb3902af33760a56fa618898d43aeb40a..b40fec9d3f53b6402a4a21ba74f170c466d73300 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ attribute value uses the store_attribute() method.
 	struct configfs_attribute {
 		char                    *ca_name;
 		struct module           *ca_owner;
-		mode_t                  ca_mode;
+		umode_t                  ca_mode;
 	};
 
 When a config_item wants an attribute to appear as a file in the item's
diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
index 82bda8fdfc1cb40ed56b9765af242214f7564742..ede857d20a049d426d2e836f4826803e4396e966 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
+++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *configfs_dir_cachep;
 
 extern int configfs_is_root(struct config_item *item);
 
-extern struct inode * configfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent *);
-extern int configfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
+extern struct inode * configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent *);
+extern int configfs_create(struct dentry *, umode_t mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 extern int configfs_inode_init(void);
 extern void configfs_inode_exit(void);
 
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 9d8715c45f2574ae473634feee7b0a07ca607355..3ee36d41886338d698323d9bdc4b75c0c185a41c 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static inline void set_default_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, mode_t mode)
+static inline void set_default_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, umode_t mode)
 {
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * iattr)
 	inode->i_ctime = iattr->ia_ctime;
 }
 
-struct inode * configfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent * sd)
+struct inode *configfs_new_inode(umode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent * sd)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = new_inode(configfs_sb);
 	if (inode) {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void configfs_set_inode_lock_class(struct configfs_dirent *sd,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_LOCKDEP */
 
-int configfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *))
+int configfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, int (*init)(struct inode *))
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	struct inode * inode = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index 3081c58d696e8314113a9c60c82afdf25c073318..34025df6182962952e094f9c98e7a38b3c25bab4 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ extern struct config_item *config_group_find_item(struct config_group *,
 struct configfs_attribute {
 	const char		*ca_name;
 	struct module 		*ca_owner;
-	mode_t			ca_mode;
+	umode_t			ca_mode;
 };
 
 /*