diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 3d74b04fe0de..80b331f7f446 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ struct p9_rdir {
 };
 
 /**
- * dt_type - return file type
+ * v9fs_dt_type - return file type
  * @mistat: mistat structure
  *
  */
 
-static inline int dt_type(struct p9_wstat *mistat)
+static inline int v9fs_dt_type(struct p9_wstat *mistat)
 {
 	unsigned long perm = mistat->mode;
 	int rettype = DT_REG;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			}
 
 			over = !dir_emit(ctx, st.name, strlen(st.name),
-					 v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), dt_type(&st));
+					 v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), v9fs_dt_type(&st));
 			p9stat_free(&st);
 			if (over)
 				return 0;
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 4afcbbe63e68..43863a1696eb 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1599,12 +1599,6 @@ static int configfs_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Relationship between s_mode and the DT_xxx types */
-static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct configfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-	return (sd->s_mode >> 12) & 15;
-}
-
 static int configfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
@@ -1654,7 +1648,7 @@ static int configfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		name = configfs_get_name(next);
 		len = strlen(name);
 
-		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, dt_type(next)))
+		if (!dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, dt_type(next->s_mode)))
 			return 0;
 
 		spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index ef00b5fe8cee..0b7e9b8ee93e 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1748,12 +1748,6 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
 	return error;
 }
 
-/* Relationship between mode and the DT_xxx types */
-static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct kernfs_node *kn)
-{
-	return (kn->mode >> 12) & 15;
-}
-
 static int kernfs_dir_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	kernfs_put(filp->private_data);
@@ -1831,7 +1825,7 @@ static int kernfs_fop_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	     pos;
 	     pos = kernfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent, ctx->pos, pos)) {
 		const char *name = pos->name;
-		unsigned int type = dt_type(pos);
+		unsigned int type = dt_type(pos->mode);
 		int len = strlen(name);
 		ino_t ino = kernfs_ino(pos);
 
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 4eda519c3002..d0f0cdae9ff7 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -174,12 +174,6 @@ loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_lseek);
 
-/* Relationship between i_mode and the DT_xxx types */
-static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return (inode->i_mode >> 12) & 15;
-}
-
 /*
  * Directory is locked and all positive dentries in it are safe, since
  * for ramfs-type trees they can't go away without unlink() or rmdir(),
@@ -206,7 +200,8 @@ int dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 
 	while ((next = scan_positives(cursor, p, 1, next)) != NULL) {
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, next->d_name.name, next->d_name.len,
-			      d_inode(next)->i_ino, dt_type(d_inode(next))))
+			      d_inode(next)->i_ino,
+			      dt_type(d_inode(next)->i_mode)))
 			break;
 		ctx->pos++;
 		p = &next->d_child;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index c85916e9f7db..777a3641fc5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2885,6 +2885,12 @@ extern void iterate_supers(void (*)(struct super_block *, void *), void *);
 extern void iterate_supers_type(struct file_system_type *,
 			        void (*)(struct super_block *, void *), void *);
 
+/* Relationship between i_mode and the DT_xxx types */
+static inline unsigned char dt_type(umode_t mode)
+{
+	return (mode >> 12) & 15;
+}
+
 extern int dcache_dir_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int dcache_dir_close(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *, loff_t, int);
