diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index d9aec2fc90a660b45e7c885ab4620d71572ec5f8..d6fe1c79f18b2fd8376728df1c55628d3814ab36 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  *
  * This function returns the inherited flags.
  */
-static int inherit_flags(const struct inode *dir, int mode)
+static int inherit_flags(const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int flags;
 	const struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(dir);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int inherit_flags(const struct inode *dir, int mode)
  * case of failure.
  */
 struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *dir,
-			      int mode)
+			      umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 27f22551f8050259a055a21f4c5749d2e98368e6..12e94774aa88b7ebac85ac427d658e648d402063 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ int ubifs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 
 /* dir.c */
 struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *dir,
-			      int mode);
+			      umode_t mode);
 int ubifs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		  struct kstat *stat);