diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 8a77794bbd4a..62926d8e997a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 {
 	unsigned dsize = gfs2_max_stuffed_size(GFS2_I(dir));
 
-	return ERR_PTR(gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, S_IFDIR | mode, 0, NULL, dsize, 0));
+	return ERR_PTR(gfs2_create_inode(dir, dentry, NULL, mode, 0, NULL, dsize, 0));
 }
 
 /**