diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index cc49ae04a6f6..0992fe21b261 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3009,7 +3009,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	credits = (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
 		   EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3);
 retry:
-	inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(idmap, dir, S_IFDIR | mode,
+	inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(idmap, dir, mode,
 					    &dentry->d_name,
 					    0, NULL, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
 	handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();