1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mkdir.c b/coreutils/mkdir.c
index a4429b1cb..b33b6bba3 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkdir.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkdir.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static const char mkdir_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 int mkdir_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int mkdir_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
-        mode_t mode = (mode_t)(-1);
+        long mode = -1;
         int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
         int flags = 0;
         unsigned opt;
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ int mkdir_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 #endif
         opt = getopt32(argv, "m:p" IF_SELINUX("Z:"), &smode IF_SELINUX(,&scontext));
         if (opt & 1) {
-                mode = 0777;
-                if (!bb_parse_mode(smode, &mode)) {
+                mode_t mmode = 0777;
+                if (!bb_parse_mode(smode, &mmode)) {
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid mode '%s'", smode);
                 }
+                mode = mmode;
         }
         if (opt & 2)
                 flags |= FILEUTILS_RECUR;