diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 3987639ed132..e884ebc58a33 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ramfs_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 static struct dentry *ramfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 				 struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
-	int retval = ramfs_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
+	int retval = ramfs_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!retval)
 		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);