diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index e3f3672..cb759e6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
  * If the create succeeds, we fill in the inode information
  * with d_instantiate(). 
  */
-static int ext2_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int ext2_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;