diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
index 41ef6e7..cf9ef91 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@
  *  vxfs_transmod returns a Linux mode_t for a given
  *  VxFS inode structure.
  */
-static __inline__ mode_t
+static __inline__ umode_t
 vxfs_transmod(struct vxfs_inode_info *vip)
 {
-	mode_t			ret = vip->vii_mode & ~VXFS_TYPE_MASK;
+	umode_t			ret = vip->vii_mode & ~VXFS_TYPE_MASK;
 
 	if (VXFS_ISFIFO(vip))
 		ret |= S_IFIFO;