diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index a19626a135bd..ef4c52b2b7b9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
 		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
-	ni = __ntfs_create(idmap, dir, uname, uname_len, S_IFDIR | mode, 0, NULL, 0);
+	ni = __ntfs_create(idmap, dir, uname, uname_len, mode, 0, NULL, 0);
 	kmem_cache_free(ntfs_name_cache, uname);
 	if (IS_ERR(ni)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ni);