diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd.h
index 1839f4f4d41e..6f0f5dd1f617 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd.h
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ struct obd_client_handle {
 	struct md_open_data	*och_mod;
 	struct lustre_handle	 och_lease_handle; /* open lock for lease */
 	__u32			 och_magic;
-	int			 och_flags;
+	fmode_t			 och_flags;
 };
 
 #define OBD_CLIENT_HANDLE_MAGIC 0xd15ea5ed