diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 54fc993e3027d4dff98dcf4f14ebbb4d817cdb0f..e3c4f112ebf754525de7d5634c298e9d4ba4fba8 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(putname);
 static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
 		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags))
 {
-	umode_t			mode = inode->i_mode;
+	unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
 
 	mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;