diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index cac03b8e91a1..592ef4ae59b0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ static struct dentry *f2fs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	inode = f2fs_new_inode(idmap, dir, S_IFDIR | mode, NULL);
+	inode = f2fs_new_inode(idmap, dir, mode, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);