diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
index c33e959b6efe7b..2ee4491b7136f2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
@@ -590,13 +590,13 @@ struct dentry *pohmelfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct
  * during writeback for given inode.
  */
 struct pohmelfs_inode *pohmelfs_create_entry_local(struct pohmelfs_sb *psb,
-	struct pohmelfs_inode *parent, struct qstr *str, u64 start, int mode)
+	struct pohmelfs_inode *parent, struct qstr *str, u64 start, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct pohmelfs_inode *npi;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	struct netfs_inode_info info;
 
-	dprintk("%s: name: '%s', mode: %o, start: %llu.\n",
+	dprintk("%s: name: '%s', mode: %ho, start: %llu.\n",
 			__func__, str->name, mode, start);
 
 	info.mode = mode;
@@ -630,7 +630,8 @@ struct pohmelfs_inode *pohmelfs_create_entry_local(struct pohmelfs_sb *psb,
 /*
  * Create local object and bind it to dentry.
  */
-static int pohmelfs_create_entry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, u64 start, int mode)
+static int pohmelfs_create_entry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+				 u64 start, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct pohmelfs_sb *psb = POHMELFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct pohmelfs_inode *npi, *parent;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/netfs.h b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/netfs.h
index 985b6b755d5d34..f26894f2a57f23 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/netfs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/netfs.h
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ struct pohmelfs_name *pohmelfs_search_hash(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi, u32 hash);
 void pohmelfs_inode_del_inode(struct pohmelfs_sb *psb, struct pohmelfs_inode *pi);
 
 struct pohmelfs_inode *pohmelfs_create_entry_local(struct pohmelfs_sb *psb,
-	struct pohmelfs_inode *parent, struct qstr *str, u64 start, int mode);
+	struct pohmelfs_inode *parent, struct qstr *str, u64 start, umode_t mode);
 
 int pohmelfs_write_create_inode(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi);
 
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 145680e9d58139..aec766abe3affd 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct backing_dev_info ramfs_backing_dev_info = {
 };
 
 struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
-				const struct inode *dir, int mode, dev_t dev)
+				const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = new_inode(sb);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ramfs.h b/include/linux/ramfs.h
index 3a8f0c9b29336f..5bf5500db83de4 100644
--- a/include/linux/ramfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ramfs.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_RAMFS_H
 
 struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode *dir,
-	 int mode, dev_t dev);
+	 umode_t mode, dev_t dev);
 extern struct dentry *ramfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	 int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data);