diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h
index a3d8867efd3d..cc1d25508924 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 struct t4_debugfs_entry {
 	const char *name;
 	const struct file_operations *ops;
-	mode_t mode;
+	umode_t mode;
 	unsigned char data;
 };