diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 4e16e8001982..10027b42b7e2 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int posix_acl_create_masq(struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t *mode_p)
 /*
  * Modify the ACL for the chmod syscall.
  */
-static int posix_acl_chmod_masq(struct posix_acl *acl, mode_t mode)
+static int posix_acl_chmod_masq(struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl_entry *group_obj = NULL, *mask_obj = NULL;
 	struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe;
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t *mode_p)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_create);
 
 int
-posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, mode_t mode)
+posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *clone = posix_acl_clone(*acl, gfp);
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index 16ecfb485d28..951bba82d50d 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ extern int posix_acl_permission(struct inode *, const struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(umode_t, gfp_t);
 extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
-extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, mode_t);
+extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t);
 
 extern struct posix_acl *get_posix_acl(struct inode *, int);
 extern int set_posix_acl(struct inode *, int, struct posix_acl *);