diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c
index ca3ab3f..16796be 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/export.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/export.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 		if (parent_inode) {
 			/* nfsd wants connectable */
 			*max_len = connected_handle_length;
-			type = 255;
+			type = FILEID_INVALID;
 		} else {
 			dout("encode_fh %p\n", dentry);
 			fh->ino = ceph_ino(inode);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		}
 	} else {
 		*max_len = handle_length;
-		type = 255;
+		type = FILEID_INVALID;
 	}
 	if (dentry)
 		dput(dentry);