diff --git a/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c b/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c
index 0aef9fc..babdf76 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/hotkey.c
@@ -329,9 +329,10 @@
 static int create_polling_proc(union acpi_hotkey *device)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *proc;
+	mode_t mode;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("create_polling_proc");
-	mode_t mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO;
+	mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO;
 
 	proc = create_proc_entry(device->poll_hotkey.action_method,
 				 mode, hotkey_proc_dir);