diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 6c2a768a6ab155e7a9935f00cd7f9c8ba511f726..2adcb5e7b0e29e54fc104e0a58a7a11781f1f9a6 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int p9_client_create_dotl(struct p9_fid *ofid, const char *name, u32 flags,
 		 qid->type, qid->path, qid->version, iounit);
 
 	memmove(&ofid->qid, qid, sizeof(struct p9_qid));
-	ofid->mode = mode;
+	ofid->mode = flags;
 	ofid->iounit = iounit;
 
 free_and_error: