diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 3d943be6761c..4e16e8001982 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t *mode_p)
  * Create an ACL representing the file mode permission bits of an inode.
  */
 struct posix_acl *
-posix_acl_from_mode(mode_t mode, gfp_t flags)
+posix_acl_from_mode(umode_t mode, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl = posix_acl_alloc(3, flags);
 	if (!acl)
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index 529c32ad58c0..16ecfb485d28 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ extern void posix_acl_init(struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_alloc(int, gfp_t);
 extern int posix_acl_valid(const struct posix_acl *);
 extern int posix_acl_permission(struct inode *, const struct posix_acl *, int);
-extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(mode_t, gfp_t);
+extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(umode_t, gfp_t);
 extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, mode_t);