diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 5596049..83cdb9d 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 	int error;
 
 	f->f_flags = flags;
-	f->f_mode = ((flags+1) & O_ACCMODE) | FMODE_LSEEK |
+	f->f_mode = (__force fmode_t)((flags+1) & O_ACCMODE) | FMODE_LSEEK |
 				FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE;
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {