diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index b288b48b664c..1a0636bc8a22 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -1306,7 +1306,6 @@ nilfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		s_new = true;
 
 		/* New superblock instance created */
-		s->s_mode = mode;
 		snprintf(s->s_id, sizeof(s->s_id), "%pg", sd.bdev);
 		sb_set_blocksize(s, block_size(sd.bdev));
 
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 0f9ebb5d5de2..e7149c5b6d11 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,6 @@ int get_tree_bdev(struct fs_context *fc,
 		blkdev_put(bdev, fc->fs_type);
 		down_write(&s->s_umount);
 	} else {
-		s->s_mode = mode;
 		snprintf(s->s_id, sizeof(s->s_id), "%pg", bdev);
 		shrinker_debugfs_rename(&s->s_shrink, "sb-%s:%s",
 					fc->fs_type->name, s->s_id);
@@ -1374,7 +1373,6 @@ struct dentry *mount_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		blkdev_put(bdev, fs_type);
 		down_write(&s->s_umount);
 	} else {
-		s->s_mode = mode;
 		snprintf(s->s_id, sizeof(s->s_id), "%pg", bdev);
 		shrinker_debugfs_rename(&s->s_shrink, "sb-%s:%s",
 					fs_type->name, s->s_id);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0268d85a51f0..49c6e0e1dcc7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1542,7 +1542,6 @@ struct super_block {
 	uuid_t			s_uuid;		/* UUID */
 
 	unsigned int		s_max_links;
-	fmode_t			s_mode;
 
 	/*
 	 * The next field is for VFS *only*. No filesystems have any business