diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 7ee7ba488313..95053ad8abcc 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(setattr_copy);
 int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+	umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 	int error;
 	struct timespec now;
 	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 	}
 
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)) {
-		mode_t amode = attr->ia_mode;
+		umode_t amode = attr->ia_mode;
 		/* Flag setting protected by i_mutex */
 		if (is_sxid(amode))
 			inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9db9f6e6c98b..9d02fab420c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ int __init get_filesystem_list(char *buf);
 #define OPEN_FMODE(flag) ((__force fmode_t)(((flag + 1) & O_ACCMODE) | \
 					    (flag & __FMODE_NONOTIFY)))
 
-static inline int is_sxid(mode_t mode)
+static inline int is_sxid(umode_t mode)
 {
 	return (mode & S_ISUID) || ((mode & S_ISGID) && (mode & S_IXGRP));
 }