diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
index 0160605444e7..856249a11890 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ int open(const char *path, int flags, ...)
 		va_list args;
 
 		va_start(args, flags);
-		mode = va_arg(args, mode_t);
+		mode = va_arg(args, int);
 		va_end(args);
 	}