diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c
index abddc83e9fd7eb55d3e0ad3c0a4d8a5ad01070f0..3271ac85115e4914237c902575e0f694ea0dd6f9 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static ssize_t bios_enabled_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", bios_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 }
 
-static int intel_menlow_add_one_attribute(char *name, int mode, void *show,
+static int intel_menlow_add_one_attribute(char *name, umode_t mode, void *show,
 					  void *store, struct device *dev,
 					  acpi_handle handle)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index dac0859e6440eff158588997a66cc3414520ce96..d1994ec02c89389a739f1a620ff5bb7436fd63f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ enum kobj_ns_type;
 
 struct attribute {
 	const char		*name;
-	mode_t			mode;
+	umode_t			mode;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	struct lock_class_key	*key;
 	struct lock_class_key	skey;