diff --git a/lib/notifier-error-inject.c b/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
index 44b92cb..eb4a04a 100644
--- a/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
+++ b/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_errno, debugfs_errno_get, debugfs_errno_set,
 			"%lld\n");
 
-static struct dentry *debugfs_create_errno(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+static struct dentry *debugfs_create_errno(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				struct dentry *parent, int *value)
 {
 	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_errno);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 			struct notifier_err_inject *err_inject, int priority)
 {
 	struct notifier_err_inject_action *action;
-	mode_t mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+	umode_t mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 	struct dentry *dir;
 	struct dentry *actions_dir;