diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index 5efd8cef389ea1586c262121f3ba94970bdac6ef..57531f8e5956dd07c83652789bbb9d7a8a40e399 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ extern void cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd);
 extern void cache_unregister_net(struct cache_detail *cd, struct net *net);
 
 extern int sunrpc_cache_register_pipefs(struct dentry *parent, const char *,
-					mode_t, struct cache_detail *);
+					umode_t, struct cache_detail *);
 extern void sunrpc_cache_unregister_pipefs(struct cache_detail *);
 
 extern void qword_add(char **bpp, int *lp, char *str);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
index e4ea43058d8f5af1763a455a62b0adc76181442f..2bb03d77375a26fb30c00fd1846f232a73e809bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ extern int rpc_remove_client_dir(struct dentry *);
 struct cache_detail;
 extern struct dentry *rpc_create_cache_dir(struct dentry *,
 					   struct qstr *,
-					   mode_t umode,
+					   umode_t umode,
 					   struct cache_detail *);
 extern void rpc_remove_cache_dir(struct dentry *);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 72ad836e4fe05d7e5d9153918e5d8c1dacecc4a5..03b56bc3b659f914041ffd18352f3b43e10480a1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ const struct file_operations cache_flush_operations_pipefs = {
 };
 
 int sunrpc_cache_register_pipefs(struct dentry *parent,
-				 const char *name, mode_t umode,
+				 const char *name, umode_t umode,
 				 struct cache_detail *cd)
 {
 	struct qstr q;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 60564bcb80674ae99afaed5d241657818be1bf85..63a7a7add21eda6d0a2da4426e1156d6bdf77523 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static void rpc_cachedir_depopulate(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 struct dentry *rpc_create_cache_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
-				    mode_t umode, struct cache_detail *cd)
+				    umode_t umode, struct cache_detail *cd)
 {
 	return rpc_mkdir_populate(parent, name, umode, NULL,
 			rpc_cachedir_populate, cd);