diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 32f4228..f25caf2 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@
 	int rc;
 	struct dentry *lower_dentry;
 	struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry;
-	umode_t mode;
 	char *encoded_symname;
 	int encoded_symlen;
 	struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat = NULL;
@@ -473,7 +472,6 @@
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
 	dget(lower_dentry);
 	lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
-	mode = S_IALLUGO;
 	encoded_symlen = ecryptfs_encode_filename(crypt_stat, symname,
 						  strlen(symname),
 						  &encoded_symname);
@@ -482,7 +480,7 @@
 		goto out_lock;
 	}
 	rc = vfs_symlink(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry,
-			 encoded_symname, mode);
+			 encoded_symname);
 	kfree(encoded_symname);
 	if (rc || !lower_dentry->d_inode)
 		goto out_lock;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3b67be7..ae0e56f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@
 	return do_unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, pathname);
 }
 
-int vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname, int mode)
+int vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *oldname)
 {
 	int error = may_create(dir, dentry, NULL);
 
@@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_dput;
-	error = vfs_symlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
+	error = vfs_symlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from);
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 0f4481e..ad1ad59 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,6 @@
 	struct dentry	*dentry, *dnew;
 	__be32		err, cerr;
 	int		host_err;
-	umode_t		mode;
 
 	err = nfserr_noent;
 	if (!flen || !plen)
@@ -1535,11 +1534,6 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(dnew))
 		goto out_nfserr;
 
-	mode = S_IALLUGO;
-	/* Only the MODE ATTRibute is even vaguely meaningful */
-	if (iap && (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
-		mode = iap->ia_mode & S_IALLUGO;
-
 	host_err = mnt_want_write(fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
 	if (host_err)
 		goto out_nfserr;
@@ -1551,11 +1545,11 @@
 		else {
 			strncpy(path_alloced, path, plen);
 			path_alloced[plen] = 0;
-			host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced, mode);
+			host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced);
 			kfree(path_alloced);
 		}
 	} else
-		host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path, mode);
+		host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path);
 
 	if (!host_err) {
 		if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export))