diff --git a/fs/ufs/ialloc.c b/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
index 78a4c70d46b5de3cd42e2181b2dadf9f7c7774a7..4ec5c1085a87ca56549491f52cec362e50a303d1 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void ufs2_init_inodes_chunk(struct super_block *sb,
  * For other inodes, search forward from the parent directory's block
  * group to find a free inode.
  */
-struct inode * ufs_new_inode(struct inode * dir, int mode)
+struct inode *ufs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct super_block * sb;
 	struct ufs_sb_info * sbi;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index 879b13436fa47b8bf84c5b731069aa03978e3dfa..9094e1d917beef62130a4aee162456f225dd0b02 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int ufs1_read_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ufs_inode *ufs_inode)
 {
 	struct ufs_inode_info *ufsi = UFS_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	mode_t mode;
+	umode_t mode;
 
 	/*
 	 * Copy data to the in-core inode.
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static int ufs2_read_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ufs2_inode *ufs2_inode)
 {
 	struct ufs_inode_info *ufsi = UFS_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	mode_t mode;
+	umode_t mode;
 
 	UFSD("Reading ufs2 inode, ino %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ufs.h b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
index c26f2bcec264489849fcfa214969c4694a2d3bcf..528750b7e701ab781018a7af83c83fff8de79277 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ufs.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ extern const struct address_space_operations ufs_aops;
 
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern void ufs_free_inode (struct inode *inode);
-extern struct inode * ufs_new_inode (struct inode *, int);
+extern struct inode * ufs_new_inode (struct inode *, umode_t);
 
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct inode *ufs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);