diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b8a8ddf..542aad2 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int shmem_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
+static int shmem_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	return shmem_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG, 0);