diff --git a/fs/sysv/ialloc.c b/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
index 0c96c98bd1db25b44b3f2279dcc5a1c35ed93ecb..8233b02eccaebc1eb7b60f2db3b66fad3fe939e2 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void sysv_free_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	brelse(bh);
 }
 
-struct inode * sysv_new_inode(const struct inode * dir, mode_t mode)
+struct inode * sysv_new_inode(const struct inode * dir, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct sysv_sb_info *sbi = SYSV_SB(sb);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/sysv.h b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
index bb55cdb394bfae0e39a035f3be5b9bb3eea1363a..0e4b821c5691a1fefc0ef112ea506d45f9f11329 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/sysv.h
+++ b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline void dirty_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern struct sysv_inode *sysv_raw_inode(struct super_block *, unsigned,
 			struct buffer_head **);
-extern struct inode * sysv_new_inode(const struct inode *, mode_t);
+extern struct inode * sysv_new_inode(const struct inode *, umode_t);
 extern void sysv_free_inode(struct inode *);
 extern unsigned long sysv_count_free_inodes(struct super_block *);