diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 9a4e5e20..75ad433 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 extern void ext2_set_link(struct inode *, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *, struct page *, struct inode *, int);
 
 /* ialloc.c */
-extern struct inode * ext2_new_inode (struct inode *, int, const struct qstr *);
+extern struct inode * ext2_new_inode (struct inode *, umode_t, const struct qstr *);
 extern void ext2_free_inode (struct inode *);
 extern unsigned long ext2_count_free_inodes (struct super_block *);
 extern void ext2_check_inodes_bitmap (struct super_block *);