diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 27ce9e55e947..32a48550eacf 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,6 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mode |= S_IFDIR;
 	req->r_new_inode = ceph_new_inode(dir, dentry, &mode, &as_ctx);
 	if (IS_ERR(req->r_new_inode)) {
 		ret = ERR_CAST(req->r_new_inode);