--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/spectral.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/spectral.c
@@ -475,7 +475,11 @@ static const struct file_operations fops
 
 static struct dentry *create_buf_file_handler(const char *filename,
 					      struct dentry *parent,
+#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_GEQ(3,3,0)
 					      umode_t mode,
+#else
+					      int mode,
+#endif
 					      struct rchan_buf *buf,
 					      int *is_global)
 {