diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 406bf61..8890eba 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 	.d_revalidate	= fuse_dentry_revalidate,
 };
 
-static int valid_mode(int m)
+int fuse_valid_type(int m)
 {
 	return S_ISREG(m) || S_ISDIR(m) || S_ISLNK(m) || S_ISCHR(m) ||
 		S_ISBLK(m) || S_ISFIFO(m) || S_ISSOCK(m);
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@
 	fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 	/* Zero nodeid is same as -ENOENT, but with valid timeout */
 	if (!err && outarg.nodeid &&
-	    (invalid_nodeid(outarg.nodeid) || !valid_mode(outarg.attr.mode)))
+	    (invalid_nodeid(outarg.nodeid) ||
+	     !fuse_valid_type(outarg.attr.mode)))
 		err = -EIO;
 	if (!err && outarg.nodeid) {
 		inode = fuse_iget(dir->i_sb, outarg.nodeid, outarg.generation,