diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 9db5a60..fa9d721 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@
  * O_LARGEFILE flag.
  */
 asmlinkage long
-compat_sys_open(const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
+compat_sys_open(const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return do_sys_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, mode);
 }
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
  * O_LARGEFILE flag.
  */
 asmlinkage long
-compat_sys_openat(unsigned int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
+compat_sys_openat(unsigned int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return do_sys_open(dfd, filename, flags, mode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 7b1cb15..23599f88 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 extern void release_open_intent(struct nameidata *);
 struct open_flags {
 	int open_flag;
-	int mode;
+	umode_t mode;
 	int acc_mode;
 	int intent;
 };
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e275dc3..afd5876 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@
 
 	/* Negative dentry, just create the file */
 	if (!dentry->d_inode) {
-		int mode = op->mode;
+		umode_t mode = op->mode;
 		if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
 			mode &= ~current_umask();
 		/*
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mkdirat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, int, mode)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mkdirat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, umode_t, mode)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct path path;
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mkdir, const char __user *, pathname, int, mode)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(mkdir, const char __user *, pathname, umode_t, mode)
 {
 	return sys_mkdirat(AT_FDCWD, pathname, mode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 834e3e1..2659f59 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
 
-static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, int mode, struct open_flags *op)
+static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *op)
 {
 	int lookup_flags = 0;
 	int acc_mode;
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
  * have to.  But in generally you should not do this, so please move
  * along, nothing to see here..
  */
-struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, int mode)
+struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct open_flags op;
 	int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op);
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_open_root);
 
-long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
+long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct open_flags op;
 	int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op);
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
 	return fd;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(open, const char __user *, filename, int, flags, int, mode)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(open, const char __user *, filename, int, flags, umode_t, mode)
 {
 	long ret;
 
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(openat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, int, flags,
-		int, mode)
+		umode_t, mode)
 {
 	long ret;
 
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@
  * For backward compatibility?  Maybe this should be moved
  * into arch/i386 instead?
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(creat, const char __user *, pathname, int, mode)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(creat, const char __user *, pathname, umode_t, mode)
 {
 	return sys_open(pathname, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, mode);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 66ed067..41c9f65 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_vmsplice(int fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *,
 				    unsigned int nr_segs, unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_open(const char __user *filename, int flags,
-				int mode);
+				umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_openat(unsigned int dfd, const char __user *filename,
-				  int flags, int mode);
+				  int flags, umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_open_by_handle_at(int mountdirfd,
 					     struct file_handle __user *handle,
 					     int flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9d02fab..f0e57b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2054,8 +2054,8 @@
 extern int do_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 			loff_t len);
 extern long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
-			int mode);
-extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, int);
+			umode_t mode);
+extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, umode_t);
 extern struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 				   const char *, int);
 extern struct file * dentry_open(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, int,
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index b256214..515669f 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@
 			       loff_t __user *offset, size_t count);
 asmlinkage long sys_readlink(const char __user *path,
 				char __user *buf, int bufsiz);
-asmlinkage long sys_creat(const char __user *pathname, int mode);
+asmlinkage long sys_creat(const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_open(const char __user *filename,
-				int flags, int mode);
+				int flags, umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_close(unsigned int fd);
 asmlinkage long sys_access(const char __user *filename, int mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_vhangup(void);
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
 asmlinkage long sys_pwritev(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 			    unsigned long vlen, unsigned long pos_l, unsigned long pos_h);
 asmlinkage long sys_getcwd(char __user *buf, unsigned long size);
-asmlinkage long sys_mkdir(const char __user *pathname, int mode);
+asmlinkage long sys_mkdir(const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
 asmlinkage long sys_fchdir(unsigned int fd);
 asmlinkage long sys_rmdir(const char __user *pathname);
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
 
 asmlinkage long sys_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user * filename, umode_t mode,
 			    unsigned dev);
-asmlinkage long sys_mkdirat(int dfd, const char __user * pathname, int mode);
+asmlinkage long sys_mkdirat(int dfd, const char __user * pathname, umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_unlinkat(int dfd, const char __user * pathname, int flag);
 asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char __user * oldname,
 			      int newdfd, const char __user * newname);
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@
 asmlinkage long sys_fchownat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, uid_t user,
 			     gid_t group, int flag);
 asmlinkage long sys_openat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
-			   int mode);
+			   umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_newfstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 			       struct stat __user *statbuf, int flag);
 asmlinkage long sys_fstatat64(int dfd, const char __user *filename,