diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 1277666c77cd..b87eb6a2fa38 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 
 	trace_ocfs2_mkdir(dir, dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name,
 			  OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, mode);
-	ret = ocfs2_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
+	ret = ocfs2_mknod(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);