diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 0d09d22fe708..411fd09c3c7e 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap * idmap,
 
 	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
 
-	inode = ext2_new_inode(dir, S_IFDIR | mode, &dentry->d_name);
+	inode = ext2_new_inode(dir, mode, &dentry->d_name);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out_dir;