diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 9c4ec53..ba26970 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int hugetlbfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
+static int hugetlbfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int retval = hugetlbfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
 	if (!retval)